Divided counsel : the Anglo-American response to Communist victory in China / Edwin W. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Edwin W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--China.

Great Britain.

China--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.

United States--Foreign relations--Taiwan.

Taiwan--Foreign relations--United States.

Taiwan.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Taiwan.

Taiwan--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the long controversy over the failure of the United States to extend early recognition to the People's Republic of China, the story of American efforts to maintain an official presence in the Communist-controlled areas of China until 1950 has been largely neglected. Moreover, the often bitter partisan strife over Sino-American relations during this period has obscured important facts or so distorted them that making an independent judgment is difficult indeed. In this book, Edwin Martin seeks to set the confused record straight by providing a well-documented, detailed account of American re

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Romanization; Part I. Staying Put; 1. Responses to a Parade of Victories; 2. Consulates Carry On; 3. The Soviet Union and the CCP; 4. British and American Policies; 5. Ambassador Stuart's Initiative; 6. The Stuart-Huang Discussions; 7. The Chou Demarche; 8. The Shanghai Blues; 9. An Invitation from Mao; 10. Fewer Stay Put; 11. Blockade; 12. Anglo-American Policy Differences; Part II. Recognition and Withdrawal; 13. The People's Republic Proclaimed; 14. The Mukden Ordeal; 15. Britain Ponders Recognition

16. The United States Ponders Formosa Policy17. Britain Recognizes the People's Republic; 18. American Consular Properties Seized; 19. Sino-Soviet Accord; 20. British Frustrations; 21. The Hazards of Departure; 22. An American Probe; 23. Mutual Sino-British Dissatisfaction; 24. Foreign Business in a Squeeze; Part III. Impact of the Korean War; 25. The Neutralization of Formosa; 26. Reactions to Neutralization; 27. The Effect on Trade; 28. British Foothold Survives; 29. Focus on the United Nations; 30. Chinese Intervention in Korea; 31. The End of Flexibility

32. The Imprisoned and the Detained33. An Aftermath of Bitterness; 34. A PRC Policy Reversal; Part IV. Summing Up; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Map on lining papers.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8131-9292-7

0-8131-4971-1

OCLC:

562619338