Wilson and China : a revised history of the Shandong question / Bruce A. Elleman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Maps""; ""List of Documents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Technical Note""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Diplomatic Situation Prior to the Paris Peace Conference""; ""The German Diplomatic Position in Shandong""; ""Japan Declares War on Germany""; ""Strategic and Military Importance of the Shandong Concession""; ""Foreign Policy Issues Regarding the Shandong Concession""; ""Japan Presents the Twenty-one Demands""; ""The Japanese Ultimatum""

""China Joins the War Against Germany""""The 1918 Secret Sino-Japanese Agreements""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""2. The Chinese Delegation's Proposals to the Paris Peace Conference""; ""The Members of the Chinese Delegation""; ""Wellington Koo and President Woodrow Wilson""; ""The Chinese Delegation's Proposals to Paris""; ""Wellington Koo and the Shandong Question""; ""The Chinese Delegation's March and April Declarations""; ""Direct or Indirect Restitution of Shandong""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""3. The Japanese Delegation's Proposals to the Paris Peace Conference""

""The Japanese Delegation and its Proposals""""The American Delegation's Opening Position on Shandong""; ""Who Wanted the Secret Agreements Kept Secret?""; ""The Impact of the Secret Agreements on America's Proposals""; ""The Japanese Delegation's April 1919 Proposals""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""4. President Wilson's Compromise Proposal""; ""The American Delegation and its Proposals""; ""The Big Three's Negotiations with the Chinese Delegation""; ""The Big Three's Negotiations with the Japanese Delegation""; ""Wilson's Rationale Behind this Compromise Solution""

""The Impact of Wilson's Compromise""""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""5. The Myth of Woodrow Wilson's Betrayal""; ""The Importance of ""Face"" in China""; ""The Chinese Diplomatic Reaction to the Shandong Resolutions""; ""The Shandong Resolutions, the May Fourth Movement, and Wilson""; ""Liang Qichao's Interpretation of the Shandong Resolutions""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""6. Wilson's Failed Attempts to Secure a Japanese Statement of Intent""; ""America Decides to Obtain a Japanese Statement of Intent""; ""The Chinese Delegation Fails to Sign on a Provisional Basis""

""The Creation of a Draft Statement of Intent""""Plans to Issue a Big Three Statement of Intent""; ""Shandong and the League of Nations""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""7. Shandong and the Origins of the Chinese Communist Party""; ""The May Fourth Movement and Chinese Radicalization""; ""The Karakhan Manifesto and the Birth of Chinese Communism""; ""The Shandong Resolution's Impact on Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu""; ""Shandong and the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party""; ""Shandong and the United Front Strategy""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""

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