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Re-examining the Cold War

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Description for Re-examining the Cold War Paperback. The twelve essays in this volume underscore the similarities between Chinese and American approaches to bilateral diplomacy and between their perceptions of each other's policy-making motivations. Editor(s): Ross, Robert S.; Changbin, Jiang. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 534 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 700.
The twelve essays in this volume underscore the similarities between Chinese and American approaches to bilateral diplomacy and between their perceptions of each other’s policy-making motivations. Much of the literature on U.S.–China relations posits that each side was motivated either by ideologically informed interests or by ideological assumptions about its counterpart. But as these contributors emphasize, newly accessible archives suggest rather that both Beijing and Washington developed a responsive and tactically adaptable foreign policy. Each then adjusted this policy in response to changing international circumstances and changing assessments of its counterpart’s policies. Motivated less by ideology than by pragmatic national ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
534
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674005266
SKU
V9780674005266
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About Robert S. Ross (Ed.)
Robert S. Ross is Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. Jiang Changbin is Director of the International Strategic Research Center, Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, Beijing. Robert Accinelli is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. Rosemary Foot is Professor of International ... Read more

Reviews for Re-examining the Cold War
This enthralling volume is a product of current Sino–U.S. scholarly co-operation. It makes full use of recently released Chinese and American official archives, and provides a fascinating and instructive account of how two mutually hostile powers nevertheless found it possible—indeed imperative—to communicate with each other.
Victor Funnell
Asian Affairs

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