Normalization of U.S.-China Relations : An International History / William C. Kirby, Robert S. Ross, Gong Li.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Li, Gong, editor.

Ross, Robert S., 1954- editor.

Kirby, William C., editor.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 254.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 254

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

An International History

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Relations between China and the United States have been of central importance to both countries over the past half-century, as well as to all states affected by that relationship--Taiwan and the Soviet Union foremost among them. Only recently, however, has the opening of archives made it possible to research this history dispassionately. The eight chapters in this volume offer the first multinational, multi-archival review of the history of Chinese-American conflict and cooperation in the 1970s.

On the Chinese side, normalization of relations was instrumental to Beijing's effort to enhance its security vis-a ̀-vis the Soviet Union and was seen as a tactical necessity to promote Chinese military and economic interests. The United States was equally motivated by national security concerns. In the wake of Vietnam, policymakers saw normalization as a means of forestalling Soviet power. As the essays in this volume show, normalization was far from a foregone conclusion.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / William C. Kirby , Robert S. Ross and Gong Li

Introduction / William C. Kirby , Robert S. Ross and Gong Li

In Pursuit of a Modus Vivendi / Robert Accinelli

China's Domestic Politics and the Normalization of Sino-U.S. Relations, 1969-1979 / Li Jie

Prizes Won, Opportunities Lost / Rosemary Foot

The Difficult Path to Diplomatic Relations / Gong Li

The Soviet Factor in Sino-American Normalization, 1969 -1979 / Wang Zhongchun

Vietnam and Chinese Policy Toward the United States / Li Danhui

Taiwan's Policy Toward the United States, 1969 -1978 / Jaw-ling Joanne Chang

Soviet Policy Toward the United States and China, 1969 -1979 / Vitaly Kozyrev

Notes / William C. Kirby , Robert S. Ross and Gong Li

Index / William C. Kirby , Robert S. Ross and Gong Li

Harvard East Asian Monographs / William C. Kirby , Robert S. Ross and Gong Li.

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Print version: Normalization of U.S.-China Relations: An International History,

ISBN:

9781684174201

9780674019041

OCLC:

607774589

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684174201 DOI

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