中国在这次战争中的问题很简单:一个在科学和技术上都没有准备好的国家却必须和一个第一流军事和工业强国进行一场现代化的战争。(The problem of China in the War is simply theproblem of a scientifically and technologically unprepared country having tofight a modern war against a first class military and industrial power. (见《胡适日记全集》第八冊,台北:联经,二〇〇四年,页二〇三)