Eisenhower and American Public Opinion on China [electronic resource] / by Mara Oliva.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9783319761954
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/1640
Yazar
Oliva, Mara.
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2018.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XVII, 223 p. 3 illus. online resource.
İçindekiler Notu
1. Introduction -- 2. America's Distorted Image of China -- 3. Keeping Promises -- 4. Challenge One: Dienbienphu and the Geneva Conference of 1954 -- 5. Challenge Two: The First Taiwan Crisis of 1954–1955 -- 6. A Missed Opportunity -- 7. Hard Line Until the End -- 8. Conclusions.
Özet, vb.
In the 1950s, most of the American public opposed diplomatic and trade relations with Communist China; traditional historiography blames this widespread hostility for the tensions between China and the United States during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency. In this book, Mara Oliva reconsiders the influence of U.S. public opinion on Sino-American relations, arguing that it is understudied and often misinterpreted. She shows how the Eisenhower administration’s hard line policy towards Beijing had been formulated in line with U.S. national security interests, not as a result of public pressure. However, the public did play a significant role in shaping the implementation, timing and political communication of Washington’s strategy, ultimately hampering relations with the Communist giant and seriously heightening the risk of nuclear conflict. Drawing together an extensive array of published and unpublished sources, this book offers a new prism for understanding one of the most difficult decades in the history of both countries.
Konu
United States __ History.
World history.
America __ Politics and government.
International relations.
China __ History.
US History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
American Politics.
Foreign Policy.
History of China.
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