The United States refused to provide sufficient support for Jiang Jieshi's government to hold off Mao Zedong's
Communist forces because
a. American officials expected that such a move would bring the Soviets into the conflict.
b. The American people did not want to be drawn into another war.
c. Truman miscalculated the threat posed by Mao's forces.
d. American officials considered Jiang's government too corrupt to survive.
ANSWER: d
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