Download or read book General Albert Coady Wedemeyer, 1897-1989 written by John J. McLaughlin and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation argues that the United States made two grave errors by not heeding General Wedemeyer's advice and strategic recommendations. First, if his recommendation for an invasion into France in 1943 had been followed, Allied forces could have prevented the Russians from seizing all the territory they occupied at the end of World War II. Secondly, if America had followed Wedemeyer's advice contained in his 1947 report and supported Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government in China, the Communists would have been defeated. The "Cold War," Korean War, and Vietnam War are the direct result of America's failed strategic and political policies in Asia, which allowed the Communists to take over China. Wedemeyer understood the coming events in Europe and Asia, and has been overlooked in favor of many others whose vision was not as clear as his.