Michael Lumbers

Piercing the bamboo curtain

Tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive study of Lyndon Johnson's China policy based on a range of recently declassified government documents. This book explores the administration's relationship to both the Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution and offers a new perspective on Johnson's capacity as a foreign policy leader and his role in the development of the Cold War

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780719096693
• ISBN-10: 0719096693
• Artikelnr.: 41052553

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