From allies to enemies : visions of modernity, identity, and U.S.-China diplomacy, 1945-1960 / Simei Qing

Author:: Qing, Simei
Published:: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Physical Description:: xii, 396 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents:

Perceptions and realities : Chinese and American visions of modernity and identity -- Straining the relationship : Truman and the reconstruction of China after World War II -- Disillusionment and polarization : the failure of the Marshall Mission and deepening divisions in Nationalist China -- New American strategies : debates over the Chinese Communist Party and Taiwan in the Truman administration -- Two sides of one coin : the CCP's policies toward the Soviet Union and the United States -- From adversaries to enemies : military confrontation in Korea -- Inducement versus containment : U.S. China policy under Eisenhower -- The foundation of new China : conflicting CCP visions of industrialization in the 1950s -- Mao's magic weapon : from a gradualist political program to the Hundred Flowers policy -- Becoming first-class citizens of the world : China's diplomacy of peaceful coexistence.

Subject(s):

Cold War
United States—Foreign relations—1945-1989
United States—Foreign relations—China
China—Foreign relations—United States

ISBN:

0674023447 (alk. paper)
9780674023444 (alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-386) and index.

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