A Policy Calculated to Benefit China: The United States and the China Arms Embargo, 1919-1929

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Stephen Valone

A Policy Calculated to Benefit China

The United States and the China Arms Embargo, 1919-1929

Stephen Valone

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English

Praeger Publishers Inc
30 April 1991

International relations; Arms trade

Stephen Valone takes the first in-depth look at the China arms embargo (1919-1929) and places it in the larger context of United States foreign policy. Until now historians have focused on the formation of the Second Banking Consortium as the U.S.'s primary weapon against Japan's aspirations in China. Valone explores the crucial role that the China arms embargo concurrently played in limiting Japan's intentions. The embargo's ostensible goal was to inhibit the flow of weapons into China forcing rival Chinese factions to negotiate their differences at the conference table. The United States' deeper motive was to roll back Japan's influence and defend its Open Door policy in China. Valone's diplomatic history concludes with a positive assessment of the embargo as a tool of U.S. foreign policy.

From 1919 to 1929 the United States participated in an international agreement known as the China arms embargo. Stephen Valone's study provides an in-depth coverage of this embargo. Chapters cover Japan's wartime gains in China; Japan's apogee; ban on loans; arms embargo; challenges to the embargo; embargo success; British defense; unsuccessful attempts to strengthen the embargo; and the Soviet threat and cancellation of the embargo.

By: Stephen Valone
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: No. 25
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9780313276217
ISBN 10: 0313276218
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 April 1991
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

STEPHEN J. VALONE is Assistant Professor of History at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. Specializing in United States diplomatic history, Dr. Valone has written several articles in his field of interest.

Reviews for A Policy Calculated to Benefit China: The United States and the China Arms Embargo, 1919-1929

The events of WW I and the diplomatic decisions to omit a statement of racial equality from the Covenant of the League of Nations as well as to allow Japan to retain the Shantung Peninsula exacerbated the volatile political situation in China. Subsequently, the victors tried to stabilize conditions and to solidify the Beijing government's power by imposing an arms embargo on the country. Though well intentioned, the embargo did little to improve the situation; the Soviet Union was the only nation to benefit from it. When Sun Yat-sen failed to secure arms from the West, he turned to the Russians for assistance. The resulting Sun-Joffe Agreement was a major factor in Sun's eventual victory in the political struggle. By 1929, the US recognized Sun's successor, Chiang K'ai-shek, as the legitimate ruler of China and ended the embargo. Valone presents the events of 1919 to 1929 in a logical, readable manner....his study is a worthwhile addition to undergraduate libraries. -Choice ?The events of WW I and the diplomatic decisions to omit a statement of racial equality from the Covenant of the League of Nations as well as to allow Japan to retain the Shantung Peninsula exacerbated the volatile political situation in China. Subsequently, the victors tried to stabilize conditions and to solidify the Beijing government's power by imposing an arms embargo on the country. Though well intentioned, the embargo did little to improve the situation; the Soviet Union was the only nation to benefit from it. When Sun Yat-sen failed to secure arms from the West, he turned to the Russians for assistance. The resulting Sun-Joffe Agreement was a major factor in Sun's eventual victory in the political struggle. By 1929, the US recognized Sun's successor, Chiang K'ai-shek, as the legitimate ruler of China and ended the embargo. Valone presents the events of 1919 to 1929 in a logical, readable manner....his study is a worthwhile addition to undergraduate libraries.?-Choice