Eisenhower and American public opinion on China / Mara Oliva.
2018
DS775.8 .O55 2018
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Title
Eisenhower and American public opinion on China / Mara Oliva.
Author
Oliva, Mara, author.
ISBN
9783319761954
3319761951
3319761943
9783319761947
3319761943
9783319761947
3319761951
3319761943
9783319761947
3319761943
9783319761947
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (XVII, 223 pages) : 3 illustrations
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10.1007/978-3-319-76195-4 doi
9783319761947
9783319761947
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DS775.8 .O55 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.730510904
Summary
In the 1950s, most of the American public opposed diplomatic and trade relations with Communist China; traditional historiography blames this widespread hostility for the tensions between China and the United States during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. In this book, Mara Oliva reconsiders the influence of U.S. public opinion on Sino-American relations, arguing that it is understudied and often misinterpreted. She shows how the Eisenhower administration's hard line policy towards Beijing had been formulated in line with U.S. national security interests, not as a result of public pressure. However, the public did play a significant role in shaping the implementation, timing and political communication of Washington's strategy, ultimately hampering relations with the Communist giant and seriously heightening the risk of nuclear conflict. Drawing together an extensive array of published and unpublished sources, this book offers a new prism for understanding one of the most difficult decades in the history of both countries.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. America's Distorted Image of China
3. Keeping Promises
4. Challenge One: Dienbienphu and the Geneva Conference of 1954
5. Challenge Two: The First Taiwan Crisis of 1954-1955
6. A Missed Opportunity
7. Hard Line Until the End
8. Conclusions.
2. America's Distorted Image of China
3. Keeping Promises
4. Challenge One: Dienbienphu and the Geneva Conference of 1954
5. Challenge Two: The First Taiwan Crisis of 1954-1955
6. A Missed Opportunity
7. Hard Line Until the End
8. Conclusions.