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About face: a modern history of America's curious relationship with China, from Nixon to Clinton

By:

MANN James

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1998Description: 433pISBN:

067945053X (hbk.):

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Summary: Traces the shaping of contemporary relations between China and USA and in the process reveals little-known episodes. These include, for example, the United States' secret promise never to support independence for Taiwan in exchange for Kissinger's first visit to China in 1971; and how the 2 countries worked together in guerrilla operations in Afghanistan and Cambodia.

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Traces the shaping of contemporary relations between China and USA and in the process reveals little-known episodes. These include, for example, the United States' secret promise never to support independence for Taiwan in exchange for Kissinger's first visit to China in 1971; and how the 2 countries worked together in guerrilla operations in Afghanistan and Cambodia.

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