American Justice in Taiwan: The 1957 Riots and Cold War Foreign Policy - Couverture rigide

Livre 13 sur 36: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace

Craft, Stephen G

 
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Synopsis

On May 23, 1957, US Army Sergeant Robert Reynolds was acquitted of murdering Chinese officer Liu Ziran in Taiwan. Reynolds did not deny shooting Liu but claimed self-defense and, like all members of US military assistance and advisory groups, was protected under diplomatic immunity. Reynolds's acquittal sparked a series of riots across Taiwan that became an international crisis for the Eisenhower administration and raised serious questions about the legal status of US military forces positioned

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen G. Craft is an assistant professor in the Humanities/Social Sciences Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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