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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797261403321

Autore

Burt Sally <1980->

Titolo

At the president's pleasure : FDR's leadership of wartime Sino-US relations / / by Sally K. Burt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28824-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Studies on East Asian Security and International Relations, , 2213-1051 ; ; Volume 3

Disciplina

327.7305109/04

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history

United States Foreign relations China

China Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Leaders and Presidents -- Hail to the Chief: FDR’s Leadership Style -- “The Most Important Factor in the Whole East”: FDR’s Vision for Sino-us Relations -- A Vision without a Plan: FDR’s Wartime China Policies -- “The Deckhand Diplomat”: Ambassador Gauss and General Stilwell in China -- Washington Mandarins: FDR’s Personal Representatives to China -- Rubberlegs, the Peanut and the Limeys: FDR’s Summit Diplomacy -- The Changing of the Guard -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

At the President’s Pleasure offers a new perspective on the way the United States and China interacted during World War II. Sally K. Burt examines President Franklin Roosevelt’s methods of conducting diplomacy, particularly his tendency to centralise foreign policy-making into his own hands, as it applied to wartime Sino-US relations. By critiquing the president’s foreign policy leadership with China, Burt provides a new perspective on US diplomacy and opens the door for further exploration of contemporary methods of conducting relations between the US and China. This book, then, will interest scholars, historians, international relations specialists and practitioners and



those interested in global politics, both historical and in the present day.