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UNINA9910791737603321 |
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Autore |
Lumbers Michael |
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Titolo |
Piercing the bamboo curtain [[electronic resource] ] : tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years / / Michael Lumbers |
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Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-84779-720-2 |
1-78170-080-X |
1-84779-149-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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HISTORY / Asia / China |
United States Foreign relations China |
China Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations 1961-1963 |
United States Foreign relations 1963-1969 |
China Foreign relations 1949-1976 |
United States Politics and government 1961-1963 |
United States Politics and government 1963-1969 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-273) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Staying firm : John F. Kennedy's China policy, 1961-63 -- Holes in the dam : French recognition and the Chinese nuclear test, 1963-64 -- In Vietnam's shadow : the reaffirmation of US China policy, 1964-65 -- The irony of Vietnam : the emergence of a two-pronged China policy, 1965-66 - Bridge-building in limbo : the impact of the Cultural Revolution, 1966-67 -- Testing the waters : an aborted policy review and closing moves, 1968-69. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the first comprehensive study of U.S. policy toward China during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, a critical phase of the Cold War immediately preceding the dramatic Sino-American rapprochement of the early 1970's. Based on a wide array of recently declassified government documents, this study challenges the popular view that Johnson's approach to China was marked by stagnation and sterility, |
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