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Why did the united states support the nationalists in the civil war in china? * what policies or actions enabled the communists to defeat the nationalists in the long civil war? *?

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the nationalists did little to win popular support, so thousands of nationalists soldiers deserted to the communists when china's economy collapsed allowing mao's communist red army to easily take control and defeat the nationalists in their long civil war
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