Eisenhower and American Public Opinion on China

by Mara Oliva

Book Overview

In the 1950s, most of the American public opposed diplomatic and trade relations with Communist China; traditional historiography blames this widespread hostility for the tensions between China and the United States during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. In this book, Mara Oliva reconsiders the influence of U.S. public opinion on Sino-American relations, arguing that it is understudied and often misinterpreted. She shows how the Eisenhower administration's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319761943
• ISBN13: 9783319761947
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"