Taiwan Straits Standoff: 70 Years of Prc-Taiwan Cross-Strait Tensions

by Bruce A. Elleman

Following the Nationalist defeat on the mainland in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and his followers retreated to Taiwan, forming the Republic of China (ROC). Tensions with the People's Republic of China (PRC) focused on control over a number of offshore islands, especially Quemoy (Jinmen) and Matsu (Mazu). Twice in the 1950s tensions peaked, during the first (1954-55) and second (1958) Taiwan Strait crises. Today, relations between the ROC and PRC depend...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839980907
• ISBN13: 9781839980909
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"