02681nam 2200625 450 991080948650332120230801230814.01-935049-84-41-935049-44-510.1515/9781935049845(CKB)2670000000373518(EBL)3328993(SSID)ssj0001046456(PQKBManifestationID)12451314(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001046456(PQKBWorkID)11137333(PQKB)11347779(MiAaPQ)EBC3328993(Au-PeEL)EBL3328993(CaPaEBR)ebr10913611(OCoLC)929119973(DE-B1597)623774(DE-B1597)9781935049845(EXLCZ)99267000000037351820140903h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUS Taiwan Strait policy the origins of strategic ambiguity /Dean P. ChenBoulder, Colorado :FirstForumPress,2012.©20121 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.U.S. interests in Taiwan -- U.S.-China-Taiwan relations from Nixon to Obama -- Wilson's vision for an open China -- Freeing Taiwan from communist domination -- The inception of strategic ambiguity -- The future of U.S. policy in the Taiwan Strait.Why did the Truman administration reject a pragmatic approach to the Taiwan Strait conflict--recognizing Beijing and severing ties with Taipei--and instead choose the path of strategic ambiguity? Dean Chen sheds light on current US policy by exploring the thoughts and deliberations of President Truman and his top advisers, among them Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, Livingston Merchant, and Dean Rusk. Chen also highlights the very unambiguous, and continuing, liberal aims of US Taiwan policy.POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / AsianbisacshUnited StatesForeign relationsTaiwanTaiwanForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsChinaChinaForeign relationsUnited StatesTaiwan StraitStrategic aspectsTaiwanStrategic aspectsPOLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian.327.73051249Chen Dean P.1980-1611718MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809486503321US Taiwan Strait policy3940097UNINA