Constructing the U.S. Rapprochement with China, 1961 1974: From 'Red Menace' to 'Tacit Ally'

by Evelyn Goh

Book Overview

With Nixon's historic reconciliation with China in 1972, Sino-American relations were restored, and China moved from being regarded as America's most implacable enemy to a friend and tacit ally. Existing accounts of the rapprochement focus on the shifting balance of power between the USA, China and the Soviet Union, but in this book Goh argues that they cannot adequately explain the timing and policy choices related to Washington's decisions for reconciliation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521108624
• ISBN13: 9780521108621
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"