[학위논문] Was the “China Factor” Working? : U.S. Policies towards Vietnam, North Korea and China in the Late 1970s
...changed to fit to the Chinese’s ears. Sino-American diplomatic normalization, a big success of the
Carter presidency, turned out to be an obstacle for
Carter’s initiatives in not only Vietnam but also North Korea. Once giving in to the hardliners in his Cabinet to top Peking on his deck,
Carter lost much of his original sense of initiative and failed to reconcile with both Hanoi and Pyongyang...