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Description

1. xiii, 238 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Global flashpoints, a series on foreign policy and international security issues

Uniform title

1. Global flashpoints.

Subject

1. United States > Foreign relations > Taiwan
2. United States > Navy > Fleet, 7th
3. Taiwan > Foreign relations > China
4. United States > Foreign relations > China
5. Taiwan > Foreign relations > United States
6. China > Foreign relations > United States
7. Taiwan Strait > Strategic aspects
8. China > Foreign relations > Taiwan

Contents

1. The historical origins of the "two China" problem -- The two Chinas, the offshore islands, and the Korean War -- The U.S. Seventh Fleet and the Taiwan Patrol Force -- Debates on the U.S. China policy -- The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-55 -- American military and financial support for the nationalists -- The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958 -- The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis and Sino-American rapprochement -- PRC economic development, Tiananmen, and the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1995-96 -- Beijing-Taipei cross-strait tensions and cooperation -- Conclusion: the Taiwan Strait challenge.

Call number

1. ICM (China) 15-1366

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.

Author

1. Elleman, Bruce A., 1959- author.

Title

1. Taiwan Straits : crisis in Asia and the role of the U.S. Navy / Bruce A. Elleman.

Publisher

1. Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Global flashpoints, a series on foreign policy and international security issues
2. Global flashpoints.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.

LCCN

1. 2014033640

ISBN

1. 9780810888890 hardcover alk. paper
2. 0810888890 hardcover alk. paper
3. 9780810888906 ebook

Research call number

1. ICM (China) 15-1366