The United States and China in the Twentieth Century

by Michael Schaller

Book Overview

From the nineteenth-century opium trade and missionary movements through the establishment of diplomatic relations and suppression of the Democratization Movement, this book illuminates the sudden, often bizarre shifts in relations between the U.S. and China. Focusing on the period since the 1930s when the U.S. involved itself in a struggle to shape China's destiny and, by extension, to remake Asia, Michael Schaller shows how the policies and perceptions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195058666
• ISBN13: 9780195058666
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Thorough History

Schaller's book provides a very detailed, thorough account of relations between the US and China, but he also includes international perspective. In other words, the book is not confined soley to the US and China -- it includes contextual details about Japan, for example. This book provides an almost text-book like amount of chronological detail but is easily readable and reveals much about the motivations of all parties involved. Excellent read.