Managing Sino-American crises : case studies and analysis / Michael D. Swaine, Zhang Tuosheng, editors ; with Danielle F.S. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swaine, Michael D.

Zhang, Tousheng.

Cohen, Danielle F. S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Crisis management in government.

United States--Foreign relations--China--Case studies.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States--Case studies.

China.

Crisis management in government--United States--Case studies.

Crisis management in government--China--Case studies.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Case studies.

United States--Foreign relations--1989---Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 518 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ; Baltimore, MD : Hopkins Fulfillment Service [distributor], [2006]

Summary:

"Sensitivities and suspicions between Washington and Beijing have heightened as China's global power and influence have grown. Chinese and American officials and participants in past confrontations, and scholars from both countries explore the changing features of crisis behavior and their implications for defusing future encounters"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Understanding the Historical Record / Michael D. Swaine 1

2 Concepts and Methods in the Study of International Crisis Management / Jonathan Wilkenfeld 103

3 Pattern of Sino-American Crises: A Chinese Perspective / Wang Jisi, Xu Hui 133

4 Crisis Management in China and in the United States: A Comparative Study / Xia Liping 149

5 "Resist America": China's Role in the Korean and Vietnam Wars / Zhang Baijia 179

6 U.S. Crisis Management Vis-a-vis China: Korea and Vietnam / Allen S. Whiting 215

7 U.S. "Management" of Three Taiwan Strait "Crises" / Robert L. Suettinger 251

8 Chinese Decision Making in Three Military Actions Across the Taiwan Strait / Niu Jun 293

9 The Chinese Embassy Bombing: Evidence of Crisis Management? / Kurt M. Campbell, Richard Weitz 327

10 Chinese Crisis Management During the 1999 Embassy Bombing Incident / Wu Baiyi 351

11 The April 2001 EP-3 Incident: The U.S. Point of View / Dennis C. Blair, David V. Bonfili 377

12 The Sino-American Aircraft Collision: Lessons for Crisis Management / Zhang Tuosheng 391

13 Conclusion: Implications, Questions, and Recommendations / Michael D. Swaine 423

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 519.

Notes:

Some chapters originated as papers delivered at a Sino-American conference on crisis management held in Beijing in 2004 and sponsored jointly by China Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-493) and index.

ISBN:

0870032283

9780870032288

0870032291

9780870032295

OCLC:

70114428