About Face A History of America's Curious Relationship with China, from Nixon to Clinton

Name: About Face A History of America's Curious Relationship with China, from Nixon to Clinton
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ISBN: 9780679768616

ISBN-10: 0679768610

ISBN-13: 9780679768616

Edition: 2000

Authors: James Mann

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About Face will be essential reading for anyone interested in the shifting dynamics of post-Cold War geopolitics. James Mann sheds new light on the history of diplomatic relations between the USA and China over the past quarter century.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Prologue



Opening Moves



The Kissinger and Nixon Trips



Tacit Allies



Carter and Recognition



Carter's Cold War



Ronald Reagan and Taiwan



Reagan and the Golden Years



Trouble in Paradise



A New President Confronts Upheaval in China



The Immediate Aftermath of Tiananmen



George Bush Misjudges



Stirrings of a New Decade



China's Long March Back to Respectability



A Campaign and an Arms Sale



Enter President Clinton



Clinton's Retreat



Crisis over Taiwan



The 1996 Campaign and Its Aftermath


Conclusion


Note on the Spelling of Chinese Names


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index