Strait talk : United States-Taiwan relations and the crisis with China / Nancy Bernkopf Tucker.

Author/creator Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxii, 390 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subjects
United States--Foreign relations. --Taiwan.
Taiwan--Foreign relations. --United States.
United States--Foreign relations. --China.
China--Foreign relations. --United States.
Taiwan--Foreign relations. --China.
China--Foreign relations. --Taiwan.

Partial contents Landscape and memory -- In the context of the Cold War -- The origins of strategic ambiguity -- Détente -- Taiwan expendable? -- Survival -- Ford's tribulations -- Collapse and reprieve -- Moral imperatives, military challenges -- Derecognition -- Final act -- The Taiwan Relations Act -- Recognizing your friends and enemies -- The Reagan difference -- American assurances -- The end of the Cold War -- Shifting ground -- Search for a new world order -- Change and continuity -- Taiwan Strait crisis -- Setting the record straight -- War against terrorism -- The influence of democracy -- The uses of adversity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-373) and index.
LCCN 2008031361
ISBN9780674031876 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674031873 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E 183.8.T3 T829 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold