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Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks During the Cold War, 1949-1972

Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks During the Cold War, 1949-1972

Xia, Yafeng

Hardcover

20th Century United States HistoryChinese HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0253347580
ISBN13: 9780253347589
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Sep 8 2006
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.53
Height: 1.23 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.46
Language: English

A very good attempt to give a coherent and consistent account of the China-U.S. contacts during the Cold War. . . . [R]eaders will certainly gain a better understanding of this interesting and intricate history. --Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the United States

Few relationships during the Cold War were as dramatic as that between the United States and China. During World War II, China was America's ally against Japan. By 1949, the two countries viewed each other as adversaries and soon faced off in Korea. For the next two decades, Beijing and Washington were bitter enemies. Negotiating with the Enemy is a gripping account of that period. On several occasions--Taiwan in 1954 and 1958, and Vietnam in 1965--the nations were again on the verge of direct military confrontation. However, even as relations seemed at their worst, the process leading to a rapprochement had begun. Dramatic episodes such as the Ping-Pong diplomacy of spring 1971 and Henry Kissinger's secret trip to Beijing in July 1971 paved the way for Nixon's historic 1972 meeting with Mao.

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