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At the same time, a backlash started to take place against the Democratic Party, which had held the White House since 1932.
同時，美國也開始抵制1932年以來一直在執政的民主黨
The fall of China and a stalemate in Korea contributed to the Republican landslide of 1952:
國民黨大敗以及朝鮮戰爭的僵局導致了1952年共和黨的壓倒性勝利
Americans were tired of what they saw as pointless bloodshed in Korea.
美國人受夠了在朝鮮發生的看起來毫無意義的血戰
The Republican presidential candidate, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, also appealed to voters.
共和黨的總統候選人德懷特·戴維·艾森豪威爾將軍也吸引了投票者
People liked Ike. Eisenhower had never belonged to a political party (indeed, the Democrats had been courting him too),
人們喜歡艾克（艾森豪威爾昵稱），艾森豪威爾也從不屬于哪個政黨，的確
so to cement his ties to the Republicans he picked a fiercely anti-Communist running mate: Senator Richard Milhous Nixon of California.
民主黨也一直在討好他，因此為了加固自己與共和黨的聯系，他選擇了一個堅定反共的競選伙伴：加利福尼亞議員理查德·米爾豪斯·尼克松
Paradoxically, Nixon would be the President who got the United States out of Vietnam
矛盾的是，尼克松卻將會是將美軍撤出越南
and the President who established diplomatic relations with the Communist of Red China.
并且與紅色中國建立外交關系的總統
Segment 28d: Proxy Wars and the Arms Race
28段第四部分，代理人戰爭和軍備競賽
Both the West and the East committed tremendous resources to developing and building weapons.
西方和東方陣營都花費大量資源開發并且制造武器
Fortunately the Soviet Union and the United States never went to war with each other.
幸運的是，蘇聯和美國從來都沒有直接交戰
Instead they engaged in what we call proxy wars.
他們參與的是代理戰爭
