From Allies to Enemies : : Visions of Modernity, Identity, and U.S.–China Diplomacy, 1945–1960 / / Simei Qing.

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• VerfasserIn: Qing, Simei,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (410 p.)

In a stunningly original work about the impact of cultural perceptions in international relations, Simei Qing offers a new perspective on relations between the United States and China after World War II. From debates over Taiwan in the Truman administration to military confrontation in Korea to rela...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Cultural Visions and Foreign Policy
• Chapter one. Perceptions and Realities: Chinese and American Visions of Modernity and Identity
• Chapter two. Straining the Relationship: Truman and the Reconstruction of China after World War II
• Chapter three. Disillusionment and Polarization: The Failure of the Marshall Mission and Deepening Divisions in Nationalist China
• Chapter four. New American Strategies Debates over the Chinese Communist Party and Taiwan in the Truman Administration
• Chapter five. Two Sides of One Coin The CCP’s Policies toward the Soviet Union and the United States
• Chapter six. From Adversaries to Enemies Military Confrontation in Korea
• Chapter seven. Inducement versus Containment U.S. China Policy under Eisenhower
• Chapter eight. The Foundation of New China: Conflicting CCP Visions of Industrialization in the 1950s
• Chapter nine. Mao’s Magic Weapon From a Gradualist Political Program to the Hundred Flowers Policy
• Chapter ten. Becoming First-Class Citizens of the World China’s Diplomacy of Peaceful Coexistence
• Conclusion: Ways of War and Peace
• Notes
• Primary Sources
• Index