Accidental State : Chiang Kai-shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan / Hsiao-ting Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, Hsiao-ting, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.) : 17 halftones, 2 maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Defeated by Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists fled to Taiwan to establish a rival state, thereby creating the Two Chinas dilemma that vexes international diplomacy to this day. Hsiao-ting Lin challenges this conventional narrative, showing the many ways the ad hoc creation of this not fully sovereign state was accidental and serendipitous.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Taiwan in the Balance

2. A Troubled Beginning

3. Reformulating U.S. Policy toward Taiwan

4. Chiang Kai - shek in Eclipse

5. Last Gasp on the Mainland

6. Floating State, Divided Strategy

7. U.S. Military and Security Policy Goes Underground

8. The Island Redoubt Reinvigorated

9. Between Mainland and Maritime Strategies

10. The Making of an Island State

Conclusion

Glossary of Names and Terms

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

0-674-96964-2

OCLC:

971252929