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Isolation and engagement : Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Presidential decision making on China / William W. Newmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newmann, William W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
- Johnson, Lyndon B.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- Nixon, Richard M.
- United States--Foreign relations--China--20th century.
- United States.
- China--Foreign relations--United States--20th century.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (583 pages)
- Other Title:
- John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Presidential decision making on China
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- Presidents and their advisors consistently seek to improve the management of their foreign policy decision processes. This book analyzes the successes and failures of administrations from Kennedy to Nixon as they sought to strike a balance between the personal style of the president and the need for a strong interagency structure that could systematically evaluate policy options. The narrative focuses on US decision making on China and Taiwan during the crucial era when the US was considering moving from a policy of isolating China to a policy of engagement, culminating in Nixon's historic 1972 trip to China. William Waltman Newmann has created an Evolution-Balancing model, tested with case studies focusing on China policy by Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, showing how the relationships between a president and his advisors change based on the weaknesses or pathologies of the president's management style. The author's research is based on declassified archival material from the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford presidential libraries.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Evolution-Balance Model
- John F. Kennedy
- Kennedy and China
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Johnson and China
- Richard M. Nixon
- Nixon and China
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-434) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Newmann, William Waltman Isolation and Engagement
- ISBN:
- 9780472220281
- OCLC:
- 1294400578
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