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Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis
N Bernkopf Tucker
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Description for Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis
Paperback. Features essays by scholars and practitioners in the arena of US-Taiwan-Chinese relations. This book clarifies historical developments, examines myths about past and present policies, and assesses issues facing policymakers. It examines a variety of issues, including the movement for independence and its place in Taiwanese domestic politics. Editor(s): Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 Tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1KBB; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will have profound ramifications in its relationship with China as well as in relations between China and the United States. Events late in 2004 demonstrated the volatility of the situation, as Taiwan's legislative elections unexpectedly preserved a slim majority for supporters of closer relations with China. Beijing, nevertheless, threatened to pass an anti-secession law, apt to revitalize pro-independence forces ... Read more
Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will have profound ramifications in its relationship with China as well as in relations between China and the United States. Events late in 2004 demonstrated the volatility of the situation, as Taiwan's legislative elections unexpectedly preserved a slim majority for supporters of closer relations with China. Beijing, nevertheless, threatened to pass an anti-secession law, apt to revitalize pro-independence forces ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231135658
SKU
V9780231135658
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About N Bernkopf Tucker
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker is professor of history at Georgetown University and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. Her books include China Confidential and Uncertain Friendships: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States, which won the Bernath Prize from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Reviews for Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis
Dangerous Strait is an outstanding book, uniquely authoritative and uniquely sober and careful in all its assertions.
Bradley Winterton Taipei Times The contributors successfully explain the historical evolution of the cross-strait situation and provide solid analysis of the complex relations.
Lucian W. Pye Foreign Affairs This is a very good and useful book.
Jean-Pierre Cabestan China Quarterly ... Read more
Bradley Winterton Taipei Times The contributors successfully explain the historical evolution of the cross-strait situation and provide solid analysis of the complex relations.
Lucian W. Pye Foreign Affairs This is a very good and useful book.
Jean-Pierre Cabestan China Quarterly ... Read more