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