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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819777403321

Autore

Xia Yafeng <1965->

Titolo

Negotiating with the enemy : U.S.-China talks during the Cold War, 1949-1972 / / Yafeng Xia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-07550-0

9786612075506

0-253-11237-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

327.7305109/04

Soggetti

Negotiation - United States - History - 20th century

Negotiation - China - History - 20th century

Cold War

United States Foreign relations China

China Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

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 (p. 297-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Establishing contact : Huang-Stuart talks, 1949 -- Negotiating while fighting : the Korean armistice talks, 1951-53 -- Creating a special channel : the ambassadorial talks, 1955-60 -- Negotiating at cross-purposes : the ambassadorial talks, 1961-68 -- Entering a new era : toward higher-level talks, January 1969-June 1971 -- Breaking the ice : Kissinger and Haig in Beijing, July 1971-January 1972 -- Summit talks : Nixon's China trip, February 1972.

Sommario/riassunto

""A very good attempt to give a coherent and consistent account of                the China-U.S. contacts during the Cold War.... [R]eaders will certainly gain a                better understanding of this interesting and intricate history."" -- Zhou                Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the United StatesFew                relationships during the Cold War were as dramatic as that between the United States                and China. During World War II, China was America's ally against Japan. By 1949, the                two countries viewed each other as adversaries and soon