1. 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis
... invasion attempts, then the US would only supply the Nationalists with material, as long as the fall of Quemoy and Matsu was not imminent. This material came in the form of 8-inch howitzers, other smaller artillery pieces and numerous landing craft to transport these materials and other ... would then escalate to include reciprocal air strikes against Chinese communist forces (against their artillery emplacements and against the invasion force if there is one) by the Nationalists and by the US forces in the area. The administration believed that this course of events would lead ... possi...
- Word Count: 6151
- Approx Pages: 25
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate