Michael Lumbers

Piercing the bamboo curtain (eBook, ePUB)

Tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first comprehensive study of U.S. policy toward China during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, a critical phase of the Cold War immediately preceding the dramatic Sino-American rapprochement of the early 1970s. Based on a wide array of recently declassified government documents, this study challenges the popular view that Johnson's approach to China was marked by stagnation and sterility, exploring the administration's relationship to both the Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution. By documenting Johnson's contributions to the decision-making process Lumbers offers a new perspective on both his capacity as a foreign policy leader and his role in the further development of the Cold War.

A major contribution to our understanding of both Sino-American relations and the Vietnam War, this book will be of great interest to students of the Cold War, U.S. foreign relations, Asian Politics and the Johnson Presidency.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847797209
• Artikelnr.: 43078388

Autorenporträt

Michael Lumbers is an independent scholar working in Toronto

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Staying firm: John F. Kennedy's China policy, 1961
1963 2. Holes in the dam: French recognition and the Chinese nuclear test, 1963
1964 3. In Vietnam's shadow: the reaffirmation of U.S. China policy, 1964
1965 4. The irony of Vietnam: the emergence of a two
pronged China policy, 1965
1966 5. Bridge building in limbo: the impact of the Cultural Revolution, 1966
1967 6. Testing the waters: an aborted policy review and closing moves, 1968
1969 Conclusion Bibliography Index