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Author:

MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-

Title:

Nixon and Mao : the week that changed the world / Margaret MacMillan.

Edition:

Random House trade pbk ed..

Publisher:

Random House Trade Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xxii, 404 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations--China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
Nixon, Richard M.--(Richard Milhous),--1913-1994.
Mao, Zedong,--1893-1976.
Visits of state--China.
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.

Notes:

Originally published: Random House, 2007 Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-386) and index.

Contents:

Setting out -- Arrival -- Chou En-Lai -- At the Diaoyutai -- Meeting with Mao -- Mao Tse-Tung -- The long freeze -- Breaking the pattern -- The polar bear -- The opening banquet -- Opening moves -- The secret visit -- Getting ready -- Getting down to business -- The irritant: Taiwan -- Indochina -- Haldeman's masterpiece -- Audience reactions -- The Shanghai communiqué.

ISBN:

9780812970579 (pbk.) :
0812970578 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)213435817

Locations:

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)