Piercing the bamboo curtain [[electronic resource] ] : tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years / / Michael Lumbers
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Lumbers Michael
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| Titolo: |
Piercing the bamboo curtain [[electronic resource] ] : tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years / / Michael Lumbers
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.7305109046 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations China |
| China Foreign relations United States | |
| United States Foreign relations 1961-1963 | |
| United States Foreign relations 1963-1969 | |
| China Foreign relations 1949-1976 | |
| United States Politics and government 1961-1963 | |
| United States Politics and government 1963-1969 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-273) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Staying firm : John F. Kennedy's China policy, 1961-63 -- Holes in the dam : French recognition and the Chinese nuclear test, 1963-64 -- In Vietnam's shadow : the reaffirmation of US China policy, 1964-65 -- The irony of Vietnam : the emergence of a two-pronged China policy, 1965-66 - Bridge-building in limbo : the impact of the Cultural Revolution, 1966-67 -- Testing the waters : an aborted policy review and closing moves, 1968-69. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This is the first comprehensive study of U.S. policy toward China during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, a critical phase of the Cold War immediately preceding the dramatic Sino-American rapprochement of the early 1970's. Based on a wide array of recently declassified government documents, this study challenges the popular view that Johnson's approach to China was marked by stagnation and sterility, exploring the administration's relationship to both the Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution. By documenting Johnson's contributions to the decision-making process Lumbers offers a new perspective... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Piercing the bamboo curtain |
| ISBN: | 1-78170-080-X |
| 1-84779-149-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465671403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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