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About face : a history of America's curious relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton / James Mann.
Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2000, c1998.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: 437 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780679768616 (pbk.) :
- 0679768610 (pbk.) :
- E183.8.C5 M319 2000
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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Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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