The Struggle for the Mind of Asia

Abstract

and Russians are both increasingly trying to gain strategic advantage, each against the other, by the use of prebelligerent propaganda which may seriously affect the balance of power when and if World War III strikes the human race. One of the battlegrounds is Asia, and one of the mysteries about Asia is the apparent fact that Asians seem to fight poorly on our side and vigorously on the side of our Communist antagonists. The contrast between the military collapse of Chiang Kai-shek's armies and the striking successes obtained by closely comparable armies under Communist command has underscored this factor of morale. The China which was re-