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THE UNITED STATES AND THE FAR EAST, 1945-1951
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Europe-or Asia? This was the crux of the great debate on American foreign policy precipitated by General MacArthur's return to the United States in April 1951.
MacArthur raised the issue: should we sacrifice the European coalition and go it alone in the Far East?
In The United States and the Far East, 1945-1951, Harold M. Vinacke tells how this country became involved in the affairs of postwar Asia. He describes, too, the dilemma of American policy-makers in that area. Abroad, our Administration was suspected of seeking to overthrow the Communist regime in China and restore the Nationalist regime; at home, the Administration was charged with seeking to overthrow the Nationalists and deal with the Communists.
In this careful, balanced account Dr. Vinacke tells how the containment policy has been developed and applied in China, Japan, southeast Asia, India, and Korea. He shows the difficulties of fostering independence and economic betterment in Asian countries without courting the charge of imperialism.
He explains how Japan, rather than China, has become an anchor of our defense system, and discusses the risks of bringing into play the Sino-Russian alliance by attacking the Chinese Communists from bases in Japan.
This book was originally prepared as a data paper for the Eleventh International Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, held in India in October, 1950. It has since been revised and a chapter has been added carrying the story through the summer of 1951 and discussing the issues raised by Communist China's intervention in the Korean war.
Neither a defense of the Administration's record nor an attack upon it, Dr. Vinacke's book is at once a concise account and a penetrating analysis of the main events and issues in our recent Far Eastern policy. It is published to help thoughtful citizens appraise grave issues which confront this country in its position of world leadership.
At the time of publication in 1951, Harold M. Vinacke, was Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, and one of America's leading authorities on the Far East and its relations with the United States. He taught at Nankai University, Tientsin, and during World War II he was a specialist on Japan for the Office of War Information. He is the author of A History of the Far East in Modern Times and other books.
This is a reproduction copy from a scanned original edition.
Title: THE UNITED STATES AND THE FAR EAST, 1945-1951
Author: Harold M. Vinacke
Publisher: Stanford University Press 1951
ISBN 080473528X
Negotiating Cooperation: The United States and China 1969-1989
$22.12
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“This is likely to be the definitive account for many years to come of Sino-American relations during the period covered. Ross uses an incredible range of American and Chinese personal interviews, and he has a uniquely valuable set of internal Chinese analyses that have no precedent in other published works for their detailed assessments of U.S. policy. The organization of the book is as excellent as its coverage, and the writing is superbly lucid.”
- Allen S. Whiting, University of Arizona
“This authoritative and stimulating work is the best on the subject. It will serve two audiences, those wanting a narrative of U.S.-China relations and those seeking a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the relationship and its lessons for international politics. Whether dealing with grand strategy or diplomatic detail, Ross is masterly.”
- Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University
Robert S. Ross is Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College and Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University
It is generally assumed that in the 1970’s and 1980’s the United States and China developed cooperative relations in order to enhance their security against the common threat from the Soviet Union. Conventional wisdom claims that in the interest of maximizing cooperation Washington and Beijing agreed to “shelve” or put aside any conflicting issues. Where conflict did occur, it has been blamed on diplomatic mismanagement or the intrusion of domestic politics into diplomacy.
This book shows, however, that maintaining the U.S.-China cooperative relationship was never easy precisely because there were major ongoing conflicts between the two powers, notably over Taiwan. The author thus disputes Henry Kissinger’s claims that only he and Richard Nixon were uniquely wise in understanding that Taiwan was not an important issue. In fact, at no time did China agree that the U.S. stance toward Taiwan was even temporarily acceptable, and this problem required continuous negotiations and mutual adjustments.
The book examines how China and the United States managed to develop and consolidate cooperative relations for almost two decades despite the existence of the Taiwan question. It explains how negotiations over Taiwan were conducted, and why the two powers sometimes made compromises and at other times were willing to tolerate the status quo. It also examines why the negotiations on occasion became acrimonious and why the acrimony eventually subsided. In short, the book is a series of case studies of U.S. –China negotiations, examining the impact, at various points in time, of distinct combinations of internal and external factors on the behavior of the negotiators and the outcome of the negotiations.
This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of one of the following editions:
Negotiating cooperation: the United States and China, 1969-1989
By Robert S. Ross
Published by Stanford University Press, 1995
ISBN 0804724539, 9780804724531
349 pages
Contents
Introduction 1
Taiwan , Kuomintang , Chinese civil war
First Contacts 17
Beijing , Zhou Enlai , Soviet Union
The Necessity 120
Taiwan Relations Act , Woodcock , Morton Abramowitz
Renewed Cold 163
Taiwan Relations Act , Pershing II , Chinese
U S Strategic 201
August 17 , Wu Xueqian , Reagan administration
Negotiating Cooperation 246
Alexander Haig , Cold War , U.S.-PRC cooperation
U S PRC JOINT 265
Shanghai Communique , Republic of China , Jammu and Kashmir
TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT 273
Leonard Woodcock , Sino-American Relations , Xinhua
NOTES 322
FBIS/PRC , Beijing Review , Edward W
INDEX 341
