This book examines the relationship between China and Taiwan, specifically in the regards to China's overt efforts to reclaim control over the island from the time of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 to the present. The case studies of the three Taiwan Strait Crises (1954-1955, 1958, and 1995-1996) serve as examples of how China has failed militarily in these efforts, while the economic policies of the last 5 years (2009-2014)...