The United States and China : into the twenty-first century / Michael Schaller, University of Arizona.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaller, Michael, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

International relations.

China.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xv, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Examines more than a century of Chinese-American turmoil from a dual perspective, From the Opium Wars of the 1840s, to the Red Scare of the 1940s, through the Tiananmen Square "massacre" of 1989, and the Wen Ho Lee "espionage case" of 2000, Chinese-American relations have swung like a pendulum throughout the years. Now in its fourth edition and thoroughly revised and updated, The United States and China: Into the Twenty-First Century looks at more than a century of Chinese-American turmoil from a dual perspective, examining how two dramatically different cultures interacted, cooperated, and collided. New to this Edition, New coverage of post-2001 events, focusing on the rise of China as an economic and military power, New emphasis on cultural interaction and clashes in early chapters, Completely rewritten chapters on the 1950s-90s (Chapters 8-12) based on new documentation and scholarship examining the roots of the Cold War conflict between the U.S. and China, and how and why the Nixon administration broke the logjam, New discussion of charges-raised in the 1990s and beyond-that China has tried to influence U.S. politics and steal secrets, Expanded discussion of the role of Taiwan in U.S.-China relations since Nixon Book jacket.

Contents:

The American discovery of China

Asia in disorder, 1890s-1936

From the Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor

The Chinese-American alliance

Americans encounter the Chinese Revolution

Who lost China? From the Marshall Mission to the creation of the People's Republic

Red scare and yellow peril

Chinese-American estrangement, 1953-1960

China, the new frontier, and the Vietnam War, 1961-1969

Only Nixon could go to China

From tacit allies to Tiananmen

Beyond Tiananmen, 1992-2001

China ascending, 2001-2015.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190200060

0190200065

OCLC:

904755918

Publisher Number:

40025793047