LEADER 04490nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910964210503321 005 20251117115855.0 010 $a0-8262-6356-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000001672 035 $a(OCoLC)55663951 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10048197 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000128683 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145824 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128683 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10069457 035 $a(PQKB)11657534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570739 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570739 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10048197 035 $a(OCoLC)56476652 035 $a(BIP)11494292 035 $a(BIP)6476212 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000001672 100 $a20001020d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConfronting Communism $eU.S. and British policies toward China /$fVictor S. Kaufman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8262-1313-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-260) and index. 327 $aIntro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONFRONTING COMMUNISM -- 1 FROM QUIESCENCE TO COMPLAINT, 1948-1950 -- 2 CONFLICT IN KOREA, 1950-1953 -- 3 NO MORE KOREAS Indochina and "Those Damned Little Islands," 1954-1955 3 -- 4 A SCHISM IN THE WIND, 1953-1956 -- 5 "OUR RELATIONSHIPS MUST BE RESTORED," 1957-1960 -- 6 WINDS OF CHANGE? 1961-1963 -- 7 LABOUR TO THE FORE, 1964-1966 -- 8 "A POSTURE OF QUIET REASONABLENESS," 1966-1968 -- 9 "THE WEEK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD," 1969-1972 9 -- CONFRONTING COMMUNISM -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. 330 $aIn Confronting Communism, Victor S. Kaufman examines how the United States and Great Britain were able to overcome serious disagreements over their respective approaches toward Communist China. Providing new insight into the workings of alliance politics, specifically the politics of the Anglo- American alliance, the book covers the period from 1948-a year before China became an area of contention between London and Washington-through twenty years of division to the gradual resolution of Anglo-American divergences over the People's Republic of China beginning in the mid-1960s. It ends in 1972, the year of President Richard Nixon's historic visit to the People's Republic, and also the year that Kaufman sees as bringing an end to the Anglo-American differences over China. Kaufman traces the intricate and subtle pressures each ally faced in determining how to approach Beijing. The British aspect is of particular interest because Britain viewed itself as being within "three circles": Western Europe, the Atlantic alliance, and the Commonwealth. Important as well to British policy with respect to China was the concern about being dragged into another Korean-style conflict. The impact of decisions on these "circles," as well as the fear of another war, appeared time and again in Britain's decision making. Kaufman shows how the alliance avoided division over China largely because Britain did the majority of the compromising. Reliant upon the United States militarily and financially, most U.K. officials made concessions to their Washington counterparts. Readers of Confronting Communism will come away with a better understanding of alliance politics. They will learn that such decision making, for both Great Britain and the United States, was a highly complex process, one that posed serious challenges to the Anglo-American alliance. Despite those challenges, accord between London and Washington prevailed. 606 $aCommunism$zChina$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory. 676 $a327.73041 700 $aKaufman$b Scott$f1969-$01868664 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964210503321 996 $aConfronting Communism$94476646 997 $aUNINA