Normalization of U.S.-China Relations: An International History (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Relations between China and the United States have been of central importance to both countries over the past half-century, as well as to all states affected by that relationship--Taiwan and the Soviet Union foremost among them. Only recently, however, has the opening of archives made it possible to research this history dispassionately. The eight chapters in this volume offer the first multinational, multi-archival review of the history of Chinese-American conflict and cooperation in the 1970s. On the Chinese side, normalization of relations was instrumental to Beijing's effort to enhance its security vis-à -vis the Soviet Union and was seen as a tactical necessity to promote Chinese military and economic interests. The United States was equally motivated by national security concerns. In the wake of Vietnam, policymakers saw normalization as a means of forestalling Soviet power. As the essays in this volume show, normalization was far from a foregone conclusion 'Relations between China and the United States have been of central importance to both countries over the past half-century, as well as to all states affected by that relationship—Taiwan and the Soviet Union foremost among them. Only recently, however, has the opening of archives made it possible to research this history dispassionately. The eight chapters in this volume offer the first multinational, multi-archival review of the history of Chinese–American conflict and cooperation in the 1970s. On the Chinese side, normalization of relations was instrumental to Beijing's effort to enhance its security vis-à-vis the Soviet Union and was seen as a tactical necessity to promote Chinese military and economic interests. The United States was equally motivated by national security concerns. In the wake of Vietnam, policymakers saw normalization as a means of forestalling Soviet power. As the essays in this volume show, normalization was far from a foregone conclusion.' Relations between China and the United States have been of central importance to both countries over the past half-century, as well as to all states affected by that relationship--Taiwan and the Soviet Union foremost among them. Only recently, however, has the opening of archives made it possible to research this history dispassionately. The eight chapters in this volume offer the first multinational, multi-archival review of the history of Chinese-American conflict and cooperation in the 1970s. On the Chinese side, normalization of relations was instrumental to Beijing's effort to enhance its security vis-à -vis the Soviet Union and was seen as a tactical necessity to promote Chinese military and economic interests. The United States was equally motivated by national security concerns. In the wake of Vietnam, policymakers saw normalization as a means of forestalling Soviet power. As the essays in this volume show, normalization was far from a foregone conclusion In Pursuit Of A Modus Vivendi : The Taiwan Issue And Sino-american Rapprochement, 1969-1972 / Robert Accinelli -- China's Domestic Politics And The Normalization Of Sino-u.s. Relations, 1969-1979 / Li Jie -- Prizes Won, Opportunities Lost : The U.s. Normalization Of Relations With China, 1972-1979 / Rosemary Foot -- The Difficult Path To Diplomatic Relations : China's U.s. Policy, 1972-1978 / Gong Li -- The Soviet Factor In Sino-american Normalization, 1969-1979 / Wang Zhongchun -- Vietnam And Chinese Policy Toward The United States / Li Danhui -- Taiwan's Policy Toward The United States, 1969-1978 / Jaw-ling Joanne Chang -- Soviet Policy Toward The United States And China, 1969-1979 / Vitaly Kozyrev. Edited By William C. Kirby, Robert S. Ross, And Gong Li. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [289]-354) And Index. Front Matter 1 Contents 7 Introduction 23 Chapter 1 31 Chapter 2 78 Chapter 3 112 Chapter 4 138 Chapter 5 169 Chapter 6 197 Chapter 7 231 Chapter 8 274 Reference Matter 309 Notes 311 Index 377 Series List 399