Making a Power: A Review of the US-Nationalist China Military Alliance, 1950s-1960s

檢視1950年代到1960年代的中美軍事同盟關係

劉曉鵬(Philip Hsiaopong Liu)

《復興崗學報》 89期 (2007/06) Pp. 461-488

https://doi.org/10.29857/FHKAJ.200706.0020

摘要

學者一般將一九五○與六○年代的國民政府（國府）視為美國的附庸國，然而，許多論述又強調國府不是美國順從的盟國，而是一個狡猾又不實際的朋友。本文並非試圖爭執國府對美國是否忠誠，而是要透過歷史紀錄強調國府的身份比較像一個美國雇用的保鑣。這個保鑣必須要努力的保衛美國利益才能勉強維持生存。因此，她的身份比較不像是陰謀家，而像是個低薪勞工。此外，也由於美國對台灣廉價兵源大規模投資，讓國府發展成一個軍事強國，使其對本身的認知與行為在大國與小國之間擺盪。

關鍵字

冷戰 ； 蔣介石 ； 美中台同盟 ； 美援

並列摘要

Scholars have generally considered the Nationalist China during the 1950s and the 1960s as a client state of the US. Yet, academia most commonly describes the Nationalists not as an obedient ally but as an impractical, stubborn, and cunning friend of the US. Using historical records and theories of small states, this paper argues that the dual personality of the Nationalists originates from the American investment in the low-maintenance bank of human resources in Taiwan. American support resulted in the Nationalists developing a vision of itself as a powerful military state that was asymmetrical with its actual capabilities, and it was this perception gap that caused the Nationalists to behave so seemingly incongruently.

並列關鍵字

Cold War ； Chiang Kai-shek ； US-Nationalist China Alliance ； American Aid to Taiwan