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245 10 a| Nixon and Mao :b| the week that changed the world /c| Margaret MacMillan.;

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520 a| "This book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century: In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for today's complex relationship between the countries. That monumental meeting--during what Nixon called "the week that changed the world"--could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless; assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. And behind them lay the complex history of two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress;

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Nixon and Mao : the week that changed the world / Margaret MacMillan.

Author/creator	MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Random House, ©2007.
Description	xxii, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Sample text
Subjects	Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976. Visits of state--China. United States--Foreign relations. --China. China--Foreign relations. --United States. United States--Foreign relations. --1969-1974. China--Foreign relations. --1949-1976.

Abstract	"This book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century: In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for today's complex relationship between the countries. That monumental meeting--during what Nixon called "the week that changed the world"--could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless; assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. And behind them lay the complex history of two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-386) and index.
LCCN	2006048644
ISBN	9781400061273 (alk. paper)
ISBN	140006127X (alk. paper)
ISBN	9781400061273

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