The strange connection : U.S. intervention in China, 1944-1972

Author:Bevin Alexander

Summary:This text provides an analysis of American intervention in China from World War II, to the rapprochement Richard Nixon began in 1972. It traces the origins of the American interest in China, based on Roosevelt's hope to use China as a partner to preserve peace in East Asia.

Print Book, English, 1992

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Publisher: Greenwood Press, New York, 1992

Series:

Contributions to the study of world history, no. 34

Genre:History

Physical Description:xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

ISBN:

9780313280085, 0313280088

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:24218949

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Strange connection.

Alexander, Bevin.

555831110

Contents:

IntroductionThe United States Begins to Meddle in ChinaHurley Arrives, Stilwell DepartsThe Dixie MissionHurley Sees a ConspiracyAn Illusion of OmnipotenceMarshall, Apostle to the ChineseThe Chinese Defeat MarshallThe United States Cuts Its LossesThe Reds Create a People's RepublicThe Quarantine of TaiwanThe Korean WarTransition to Communism in ChinaCarthago delenda estAtomic War over Quemoy?The Great Leap and Quemoy AgainThe FamineFrontier ClashesThe Cultural RevolutionNixon Breaks the DeadlockSelected BibliographyIndex

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