ABSTRACT
Japan's surrender in August 1945 did not automatically bring peace and independence to East Asians, who soon found themselves returned to civil war or struggling for independence against colonialism. While America undertook some policy planning for a post-war East Asia after the Allies' victory over Japan, Washington was unable to specify and finalize the plans with the government of the Republic of China (ROC). Compared with United States foreign policy planning, China had a focused and much narrower agenda, which proved pragmatic in their tenacious pursuit to gain national independence. As the ROC offensive stalled and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began counterattacking, Jiang asked Washington for more aid. In 1947, President Truman began to implement his containment policy, the so-called "Truman Doctrine", to stop Russian-sponsored Communist expansion around the globe. In the summer of 1946, the Chinese Communist and Nationalist armed forces began a full-scale war against each other for control of the country.
