Strait rituals : China, Taiwan, and the United States in the Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-1958.

By:

PANG, YANG HUEI

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [Place of publication not identified] HONG KONG UNIV Press, 2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789888455652
9888455656

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

327.51073 23

LOC classification:

DS740.5.T28

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Contents:

Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Guide to Transliteration; Abbreviations; Chronology; 1. Introduction; 2. A Stillness at Taiwan Strait; 3. The Geneva Road; 4. Outbreak of the Crisis; 5. From Yijiangshan to Bandung; 6. Sustaining Linkages; 7. Roiling in Troubled Waters; 8. The Warsaw Gambit; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Summary: The two Taiwan Strait crises took place during a particularly tense period of the Cold War. Although each incident was relatively brief, their consequences loom large. Based on analyses of newly available documents from Beijing, Taipei, and Washington, Pang Yang Huei challenges conventional wisdom that claims Sino-US misperceptions of each other's strategic concerns were critical in the 1950s. He underscores the fact that Washington, Taipei, and Beijing were actually aware of one another's strategic intentions during the crises. He also demonstrates conclusively that both ""crises"" can be und.

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The two Taiwan Strait crises took place during a particularly tense period of the Cold War. Although each incident was relatively brief, their consequences loom large. Based on analyses of newly available documents from Beijing, Taipei, and Washington, Pang Yang Huei challenges conventional wisdom that claims Sino-US misperceptions of each other's strategic concerns were critical in the 1950s. He underscores the fact that Washington, Taipei, and Beijing were actually aware of one another's strategic intentions during the crises. He also demonstrates conclusively that both ""crises"" can be und.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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