02875nam 22006494a 450 991078095070332120230721024933.00-8262-7189-8(CKB)2520000000008158(EBL)3571031(SSID)ssj0000416044(PQKBManifestationID)11279997(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416044(PQKBWorkID)10418812(PQKB)10637816(MiAaPQ)EBC3571031(Au-PeEL)EBL3571031(CaPaEBR)ebr10364878(OCoLC)609687937(EXLCZ)99252000000000815820090205d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDistorted mirrors[electronic resource] Americans and their relations with Russia and China in the twentieth century /Donald E. Davis, Eugene P. TraniColumbia University of Missouri Pressc20091 online resource (494 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8262-1853-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-445) and index.pt. 1. Russia -- "Soviet Sam" and the émigrés -- The boys from Riga -- Assignment in Utopia -- Honeymooners -- Chums -- Mr. X -- Gray eminence -- pt. 2. China -- Missionary diplomacy -- Pragmatist in China -- Red star over China -- The novelist and the ambassador -- The president and the generalissimo -- Luce's man in Chungking -- Gurus -- Old conclusions, new beginnings."Drawing on memoirs, archives, and interviews, Davis and Trani trace American prejudice toward Russia and China by focusing on the views of influential writers and politicians over the course of the twentieth century, showing where American images originated and how they evolved"--Provided by publisher.PoliticiansUnited StatesAuthors, AmericanPolitical activityUnited StatesPublic opinionUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRelationsSoviet UnionUnited StatesRelationsChinaSoviet UnionForeign public opinion, AmericanChinaForeign public opinion, AmericanUnited StatesIntellectual life20th centurySoviet UnionRelationsUnited StatesChinaRelationsUnited StatesPoliticiansAuthors, AmericanPolitical activityPublic opinionHistory973.91Davis Donald E.1936-1507735Trani Eugene P736949MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780950703321Distorted mirrors3738691UNINA