The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

I. Sentimental Imperialists [1992]

A. Major themes

paternalism and imperialism

racism, religion and cultural superiority

lack of ideological consistency

America as imperialist: Philippines

America as anti-colonialist: China

teaching democracy, practicing tyranny

B. America in the Philippines

the taking of the Philippines, 1896-1902

the Spanish-American War

the Philippine-American War

annexation

selling out or buying in?

language and culture

education and infrastructure

elites and class interests

the international situation and the need for protection

WWII

the Philippines and Pearl Harbor

collaboration with Japan

the Huks

the return of MacArthur

"independence," July 4, 1946

The Cold War

the Huks and communism

land reform and aid

anti-communism and human rights

finding the right puppet

Ferdinand Marcos, 1965-1986

aid, corruption and shoes

dictators for the Free World

Corazon Aquino, 1986-1992

The aftermath of imperialism

elites and power

patriotism and emigration

human rights

military bases

C. China

early contact

American missions and opium

"bitter labor" in California

anti-Chinese mobs

the Chinese Exclusion Act, 1892

the Boxers, 1900

Imperialism and the Open Door Policy

from "mish-kids" to China hands

carrots and sticks

teaching democracy, practicing what?

Pearl Buck and The Good Earth

WWII

Chiang Kai-shek and Henry Luce

the media campaign against Japan

Pearl Harbor and justification

Mme. Chiang [Soong May-ling]

Mao and the Dixie Mission

John Service

nationalistic communists

The Cold War

the Chinese Civil War, 1946-1949

the Korean War, 1950-1953

Who Lost China?

McCarthyism and the China Hands

Luce and the China Lobby

China's choice?

Vietnam and the containment of Communism

Taiwan and Chiang Kai-shek

Mao and the Cultural Revolution

The New China

Tiananmen and America's China dream

the 14^th Amendment and immigration

the Pacific century?

II. The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

A. the United Front?

B. The Nationalists at Chongqing

trading land for time

deserting the cities

the rape of Nanjing, Dec.-Jan., 1937-1938

did it happen?

was it unusual?

the effect of atrocities

releasing the Yellow River, 1938

warning the peasants

did it stop the Japanese?

the Nationalist troops

warlord armies and their leaders

conscription and corruption

Chiang Kai-shek at Chongqing

was he really the leader? for whom?

Mme. Chiang and the Americans

the Flying Tigers

Vinegar Joe Stilwell and the Peanut

C. the Communists at Yenan

a vertical city of caves

Mao Zedong: the ideological leader

Zhu De: the general

Zhou Enlai: the diplomat

the dissolution of the Comintern, 1943

experiments in revolutionary living

the army and the peasants

the middle class and elections

propaganda, education and theater

guerrilla warfare

Nosaka Sanzo, the JPEL and other foreigners

D. The Chinese victory: stalemate

Southeast Asia and the need for raw materials

European imperialism and the war in Europe

America's pacific fleet

the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere

the final form of Pan-Asianism

learning from the mistakes in China

the ABCD Embargo

Pearl Harbor, the Philippines and Singapore