03040oam 2200661I 450 991082402460332120230807204935.01-317-47629-80-7656-1373-51-315-70625-31-317-47630-110.4324/9781315706252 (CKB)2670000000596076(EBL)1974477(SSID)ssj0001423460(PQKBManifestationID)12585276(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001423460(PQKBWorkID)11433625(PQKB)11299704(MiAaPQ)EBC1974477(Au-PeEL)EBL1974477(CaPaEBR)ebr11021069(CaONFJC)MIL729493(OCoLC)923711250(OCoLC)905856279(EXLCZ)99267000000059607620180706e20152004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAt cross purposes U.S.-Taiwan relations since 1942 /Richard C. BushLondon ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (300 p.)Taiwan in the Modern WorldEast Gate Book"An East Gate Book."First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe.1-322-98211-2 0-7656-1372-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-278) and index.1. Introduction -- 2. The wartime decision to return Taiwan to China -- 3. Difficult dilemmas : the United States and Kuomingtang repression, 1947-1979 -- 4. The status of the ROC and Taiwan, 1950-1972 : explorations in United States Policy -- 5. The "sacred texts" of United States-China-Taiwan relations -- 6. Congress gets into the Taiwan Human Rights Act -- 7. Taiwan policy making since Tiananmen : navigating through shifting waters -- 8. Epilogue.Written by the former chairman and managing director of the American Institute in Taiwan, this book sheds new light on key topics in the history of U.S.-Taiwan relations. It fills an important gap in our understanding of how the U.S. government addressed Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait issue from the early 1940s to the present. One theme that runs through these essays is the series of obstacles erected that denied the people of Taiwan a say in shaping their own destiny: Franklin Roosevelt chose to return Taiwan to mainland China for geopolitical reasons; there was little pressure on the KuomintanTaiwan in the modern world.United StatesForeign relationsTaiwanTaiwanForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989United StatesForeign relations1989-327.7305124/9327.73051249Bush Richard C.1947-,657060FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910824024603321At cross purposes4036070UNINA