Wilson and China : a revised history of the Shandong question / / Bruce A. Elleman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460986903321
• Autore: Elleman Bruce A. <1959->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2015; ©2002
• ISBN: 1-315-69815-3; 1-317-45199-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.51052
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; China Foreign relations Japan; Japan Foreign relations China; China Foreign relations 1912-1949; Shandong Sheng (China) History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Maps""; ""List of Documents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Technical Note""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Diplomatic Situation Prior to the Paris Peace Conference""; ""The German Diplomatic Position in Shandong""; ""Japan Declares War on Germany""; ""Strategic and Military Importance of the Shandong Concession""; ""Foreign Policy Issues Regarding the Shandong Concession""; ""Japan Presents the Twenty-one Demands""; ""The Japanese Ultimatum""; ""China Joins the War Against Germany""""The 1918 Secret Sino-Japanese Agreements""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""2. The Chinese Delegation's Proposals to the Paris Peace Conference""; ""The Members of the Chinese Delegation""; ""Wellington Koo and President Woodrow Wilson""; ""The Chinese Delegation's Proposals to Paris""; ""Wellington Koo and the Shandong Question""; ""The Chinese Delegation's March and April Declarations""; ""Direct or Indirect Restitution of Shandong""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""3. The Japanese Delegation's Proposals to ; the Paris Peace Conference""; ""The Japanese Delegation and its Proposals""""The American Delegation's Opening Position on Shandong""; ""Who Wanted the Secret Agreements Kept Secret?""; ""The Impact of the Secret Agreements on America's Proposals""; ""The Japanese Delegation's April 1919 Proposals""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""4. President Wilson's Compromise Proposal""; ""The American Delegation and its Proposals""; ""The Big Three's Negotiations with the Chinese Delegation""; ""The Big Three's Negotiations with the Japanese Delegation""; ""Wilson's Rationale Behind this Compromise Solution""; ""The Impact of Wilson's Compromise""""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""5. The Myth of Woodrow Wilson's Betrayal""; ""The Importance of ""Face"" in China""; ""The Chinese Diplomatic Reaction to the Shandong Resolutions""; ""The Shandong Resolutions, the May Fourth Movement, and Wilson""; ""Liang Qichao's Interpretation of the Shandong Resolutions""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""6. Wilson's Failed Attempts to Secure a Japanese Statement of Intent""; ""America Decides to Obtain a Japanese Statement of Intent""; ""The Chinese Delegation Fails to Sign on a Provisional Basis""; ""The Creation of a Draft Statement of Intent""""Plans to Issue a Big Three Statement of Intent""; ""Shandong and the League of Nations""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""7. Shandong and the Origins of the Chinese Communist Party""; ""The May Fourth Movement and Chinese Radicalization""; ""The Karakhan Manifesto and the Birth of Chinese Communism""; ""The Shandong Resolution's Impact on Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu""; ""Shandong and the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party""; ""Shandong and the United Front Strategy""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""8. The Myth of Soviet Equal Treatment of China""