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03358aam a2200409 i 4500 001 56E26F22F4E911EBA186761358ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210804010022 008 201118s2021 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020052484 020 $a 0231198175 020 $a 9780231198172 020 $a 0231198167 020 $a 9780231198165 035 $a (OCoLC)1224246678 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a E183.8 C5 W364 2021 100 1 $a Wang, Tao $c (Diplomatic historian), $e author. 245 10 $a Isolating the Enemy : $b diplomatic strategy in China and the United States, 1953-1956 / $c Tao Wang. 246 30 $a Diplomatic Strategy in China and the United States, 1953-1956 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xi, 318 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In the crucial moment after the Korean War, the United States and the People's Republic of China circled each other warily. They shifted between confrontation and conciliation, ratcheting up tension yet also embarking on peace initiatives. Tao Wang offers a new account of Sino-American relations in the mid-1950s that situates the two great powers in their international context. He reveals how both the United States and China adopted a policy of attempting to isolate their adversary and explores how Chinese and American leaders perceived and reacted to each other's strategies. Although the policy of the Eisenhower administration was to contain China, Washington often overestimated Chinese aggressiveness, worrying allies and neutral states. Sensitive to the differences within the Western camp, Chinese leaders sought to convince American allies to persuade the United States to back down. Wang analyzes diplomatic maneuvering over a peace settlement in Indochina, an American defense pact with Taiwan, and the anticolonial Bandung Conference, showing how political pressure pushed American leaders to make concessions. He challenges the portrayal of Communist states as driven by ideology, showing that Chinese leaders adopted a pragmatic policy during these crucial years. Drawing on Chinese, Taiwanese, Russian, Vietnamese, British, and American archival material, including reclassified Chinese Foreign Ministry documents, Isolating the Enemy offers new insight into Chinese diplomacy in the 1950s and U.S. foreign policy under the Eisenhower administration through a nuanced portrayal of Sino-American interactions"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z China. 651 0 $a China $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1953-1961. 651 0 $a China $x Foreign relations $y 1949-1976. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Wang, Tao, $t Isolating the enemy $d New York : Columbia University Press, 2021 $z 9780231552516 $w (DLC) 2020052485 830 0 $a Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210903015333.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=56E26F22F4E911EBA186761358ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search