About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship With China, from Nixon to Clinton - Couverture rigide

Mann, James

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 067945053X ISBN 13 : 9780679450535

Editeur : Random House USA Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Mann James

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Mann's colorful and detailed narrative, studded with dozens of vivid anecdotes, reveals how ineptly [we] have managed our ties with the world's most populous nation." -- The Washington Post Book World

Drawing on hundreds of previously classified documents, scores of interviews, and his own experience, James Mann, former Los Angeles Times Beijing bureau chief, presents the fascinating inside story of contemporary U.S.-China relations.

President Nixon and Secretary of State Kissinger began their diplomacy with China in an attempt to find a way out of Vietnam. The remaining Cold War presidents saw China as an ally against the Soviet Union and looked askance at its violations of international principles. With the end of communism and China's continued human rights abuses, the U.S has failed to forge a genuinely new relationship with China. This is the essential story of contemporary U.S./China policy.

Revue de presse

"Revealing and lively--eminently readable, often provocative."--The Wilson Quarterly

"The best book ever written by an American reporter about the strange relation between China and America."--Ross Terrill, author of Mao, China in Our Time, and Madame Mao

"Mann takes us through the dizzying diplomacy and strategic U-turns that have characterized our formal relationship."--The Wall Street Journal

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Random House USA Inc
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 067945053X
• ISBN 13: 9780679450535
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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