At cross purposes : U.S.-Taiwan relations since 1942 / / Richard C. Bush

• Autore: Bush Richard C. <1947-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.7305124/9; 327.73051249
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Taiwan; Taiwan Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989; United States Foreign relations 1989-
• Note generali: "An East Gate Book."; First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Kuomintan
• Titolo autorizzato: At cross purposes
• ISBN: 1-317-47629-8; 0-7656-1373-5; 1-315-70625-3; 1-317-47630-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824024603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Taiwan in the modern world.