The Dragon & The Snake: An American Account Of The Turmoil In China, 1976 1977

The United States Liaison Office (USLO) served as the diplomatic contact for Sino-American relations between the time of the Nixon-Kissinger opening of China in 1971-1972 and the achievement of full normalization in 1979. This book presents the importance of the USLO to American foreign policy in the 1970s. Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION: "Everything Seemed to Happen in 1976 and 1977" 1. “Tell the President We’ll Go” 2. The Work of a China-Watcher 3. Coping with Calamity: The Tangshan Earthquake 4. “Mao’s Dead!” 5. The Purges of October 6. A New Environment 7. Waiting for Deng 8. Waiting for Carter CONCLUSION: Holding the Fort Bibliography Index