A Cold War Turning Point: Nixon and China, 1969-1972

by Chris Tudda

Book Overview

In February 1972, President Nixon arrived in Beijing for what Chairman Mao Zedong called the "week that changed the world." Using recently declassified sources from American, Chinese, European, and Soviet archives, Chris Tudda's A Cold War Turning Point reveals new details about the relationship forged by the Nixon administration and the Chinese government that dramatically altered the trajectory of the Cold War.
Between the years 1969 and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807142891
• ISBN13: 9780807142899
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"