TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mann,Jim
TI  - About face: a history of America's curious relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton 
SN  - 9780679768616 (pbk.) :
AV  - E183.8.C5 M319 2000
PY  - 2000///, c1998
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - China
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - 1989-
N1  - 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.
ER  -