From Allies to Enemies
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From Allies to Enemies

Visions of Modernity, Identity, and U.S.–China Diplomacy, 1945–1960

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From Allies to Enemies

Visions of Modernity, Identity, and U.S.–China Diplomacy, 1945–1960

About this book

In a stunningly original work about the impact of cultural perceptions in international relations, Simei Qing offers a new perspective on relations between the United States and China after World War II.

From debates over Taiwan in the Truman administration to military confrontation in Korea to relations with the Soviet Union, Qing explores how policies on both sides became persistently counterproductive. Implicit moral and cultural values became woven into policy rationales for both China and the United States. Cultural visions of modernity and understandings of identity played a critical role in each nation's evaluation of the other's intentions and in defining interests and principles in their diplomatic relationship.

Based on American, Russian, and newly declassified Chinese sources, this book reveals rarely examined assumptions that were entrenched in mainstream policy debates on both sides, and sheds light on the origins and development of U.S.-China confrontations that continue to resonate today. Simei Qing also provides a compelling look at the vital role of deeply anchored visions in the origins of human military conflicts.

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Information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2007
Print ISBN
9780674023444
eBook ISBN
9780674278110
Topic
History
Subtopic
Chinese History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Cultural Visions and Foreign Policy
  8. Chapter 1. Perceptions and Realities: Chinese and American Visions of Modernity and Identity
  9. Chapter 2. Straining the Relationship: Truman and the Reconstruction of China after World War II
  10. Chapter 3. Disillusionment and Polarization: The Failure of the Marshall Mission and Deepening Divisions in Nationalist China
  11. Chapter 4. New American Strategies: Debates over the Chinese Communist Party and Taiwan in the Truman Administration
  12. Chapter 5. Two Sides of One Coin: The CCP’s Policies toward the Soviet Union and the United States
  13. Chapter 6. From Adversaries to Enemies: Military Confrontation in Korea
  14. Chapter 7. Inducement versus Containment: U.S. China Policy under Eisenhower
  15. Chapter 8. The Foundation of New China: Conflicting CCP Visions of Industrialization in the 1950s
  16. Chapter 9. Mao’s Magic Weapon: From a Gradualist Political Program to the Hundred Flowers Policy
  17. Chapter 10. Becoming First-Class Citizens of the World: China’s Diplomacy of Peaceful Coexistence
  18. Conclusion: Ways of War and Peace
  19. Notes
  20. Primary Sources
  21. Index