New York: The Seabury Press [A Clarion Book], 1974. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. ix, [1], 182 pages. Notes. Chronology. Selected Reading List. Index. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Previous owner's mailing label on the fep. A historical survey of United States foreign policy toward China, Japan, and other Far Eastern countries from the days of the "Open Door" to the Vietnam War. Richard Walton (May 24, 1928 – December 27, 2012) was an American writer, teacher, and politician. He was the vice-presidential nominee in 1984 of the short-lived Citizens Party; Sonia Johnson was the party's presidential nominee that year. As a print journalist, he worked for The Providence Journal (1954-1955) and then for the New York World-Telegram and The New York Sun (1955-1959). He then returned to radio for the Voice of America (VOA), first in Washington, D.C., as producer-host of Report to Africa (1959-1962) and then in New York City as principal United Nations correspondent (1962-1967). In 1960, he traveled extensively in Africa making a series of documentaries on the independence movement, interviewing many of the post-colonial leaders including Patrice Lumumba. In 1967 he left VOA to write The Remnants of Power: The Tragic Last Years of Adlai Stevenson (1968). Eleven other books followed, notably America and the Cold War (1969), The United States and Latin America (1971), Cold War and Counterrevolution: The Foreign Policy of John F. Kennedy (1972),The United States and the Far East (1974), and The Power of Oil (1979). He has contributed articles to numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, and Saturday Review. More