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About face : a history of America's curious relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton
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Title
About face : a history of America's curious relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton / James Mann.
ISBN
0679768610 (pbk.) :
9780679768616 (pbk.)
Edition
1st Vintage Books ed.
Published
New York : Vintage Books, c2000.
Physical Description
437 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Originally published: New York : A. Knopf, 1998.
Other formats
Online version: Mann, Jim, 1946- About face. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, c2000
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 10, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-417) and index.
Contents
Opening moves
The Kissinger and Nixon trips
Tacit allies
Carter and recognition
Carter's cold war
Ronald Reagan and Taiwan
Reagan and the golden years
Trouble in paradise
A new president confronts upheaval in China
The immediate aftermath of Tiananmen
George Bush misjudges
Stirrings of a new decade
China's long march back to responsibility
A campaign and an arms sale
Enter President Clinton
Clinton's retreat
Crisis over Taiwan
The 1996 campaign and its aftermath
Conclusion
Afterword to the Vintage edition
Note on the spelling of Chinese names.
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