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Search - About Face : A History of America's Curious Relationship with China, from Nixon to Clinton (Vintage)
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About Face A History of America's Curious Relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton - Vintage Author: "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 Ti... more » 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.
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Genres:
- History >> Asia >> China >> General
- Education & Reference >> General
- Nonfiction >> Politics >> International >> Relations