The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s by Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf
The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s by Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf

The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker confronts the coldest period of the cold war--the moment in which personality, American political...
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The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s by Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf

The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s

$111.39
The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s by Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf

The China Threat: Memories, Myths, and Realities in the 1950s

$111.39
Author: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker confronts the coldest period of the cold war--the moment in which personality, American political culture, public opinion, and high politics came together to define the Eisenhower Administration's policy toward China. A sophisticated, multidimensional account based on prodigious, cutting edge research, this volume convincingly portrays Eisenhower's private belief that close relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China were inevitable and that careful consideration of the PRC should constitute a critical part of American diplomacy.

Tucker provocatively argues that the Eisenhower Administration's hostile rhetoric and tough actions toward China obscure the president's actual views. Behind the scenes, Eisenhower and his Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, pursued a more nuanced approach, one better suited to China's specific challenges and the stabilization of the global community. Tucker deftly explores the contradictions between Eisenhower and his advisors' public and private positions. Her most powerful chapter centers on Eisenhower's recognition that rigid trade prohibitions would undermine the global postwar economic recovery and push China into a closer relationship with the Soviet Union. Ultimately, Tucker finds Eisenhower's strategic thinking on Europe and his fear of toxic, anticommunist domestic politics constrained his leadership, making a fundamental shift in U.S. policy toward China difficult if not impossible. Consequently, the president was unable to engage congress and the public effectively on China, ultimately failing to realize his own high standards as a leader.

Author: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 06/10/2014
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780231159258

About the Author
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker (1948-2012) was professor at the Department of History and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and a former senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She wrote and edited several books, including the award-winning Uncertain Friendships: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States, 1945-1992.
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