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U.S.-China relations : perilous past, uncertain present / Robert G. Sutter, George Washington University.
Van Pelt Library E183.8.C5 S884 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sutter, Robert G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Foreign relations--China.
- United States.
- International relations.
- China.
- China--Foreign relations--United States.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- iii, 331 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- Summary:
- This comprehensive and balanced assessment of the historical and contemporary determinants of Sino-American relations, now updated through 2017, explains the conflicted engagement between the two governments. Offering a welcome richness of discussion and analysis, Sutter explores the twists and turns of the relationship over the past two hundred years. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Patterns of American-Chinese relations prior to World War II
- Relations during World War II, civil war, cold war
- Rapprochement and normalization
- Tiananmen, Taiwan, and post-Cold War realities, 1989-2000
- Pragmatism amid differences during the George W. Bush administration
- Obama, Trump and Xi Jinping: pragmatism falters amid acrimony and tensions
- Security issues in contemporary U.S.-China relations
- Economic and environmental issues in contemporary U.S.-China relations
- Taiwan and East Asian maritime disputes in contemporary U.S.-China relations
- Issues of human rights in contemporary U.S.-China relations
- Outlook.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sutter, Robert G. U.S.-China relations.
- ISBN:
- 9781538105337
- 1538105330
- 9781538105344
- 1538105349
- OCLC:
- 1003489390
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