The United States and China

Into the Twenty-First Century

Fourth Edition

Michael Schaller

From the Opium Wars of the 1840s, to the Red Scare of the 1940s, through the Tiananmen "massacre" of 1989, and the Wen Ho Lee "espionage case" of 2000, Chinese-American relations have swung like a pendulum throughout the years. Now in its fourth edition and thoroughly revised and updated, The United States and China: Into the Twenty-First Century looks at more than a century of Chinese-American turmoil from a dual perspective, examining how two dramatically different cultures interacted, cooperated, and collided.

New to this Edition:

New coverage of post-2001 events, focusing on the rise of China as an economic and military power
New emphasis on cultural interaction and clashes in early chapters
Completely rewritten chapters on the 1950s-90s (Chapters 8-12) based on new documentation and scholarship examining the roots of the Cold War conflict between the U.S. and China, and how and why the Nixon administration broke the logjam
New discussion of charges--raised in the 1990s and beyond--that China has tried to influence U.S. politics and steal secrets
Expanded discussion of the role of Taiwan in U.S.-China relations since Nixon

The United States and China

Into the Twenty-First Century

Fourth Edition

Michael Schaller

Description

From the Opium Wars of the 1840s, to the Red Scare of the 1940s, through the Tiananmen Square "massacre" of 1989, and the Wen Ho Lee "espionage case" of 2000, Chinese-American relations have swung like a pendulum throughout the years. Now in its fourth edition and thoroughly revised and updated, The United States and China: Into the Twenty-First Century looks at more than a century of Chinese-American turmoil from a dual perspective, examining how two dramatically different cultures interacted, cooperated, and collided.

Previous publication dates

January 2002, April 1990, November 1979

The United States and China

Into the Twenty-First Century

Fourth Edition

Michael Schaller

Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: The American Discovery of China
Chapter 2: Asia in Disorder, 1890s-1936
Chapter 3: From the Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor
Chapter 4: The Chinese-American Alliance
Chapter 5: Americans Encounter the Chinese Revolution
Chapter 6: Who Lost China? From the Marshall Mission to Creation of the People's Republic of China
Chapter 7: Red Scare and Yellow Peril
Chapter 8: Chinese-American Estrangement, 1953-1960
Chapter 9: China, the New Frontier, and the Vietnam War, 1961-1969
Chapter 10: Only Nixon Could Go to China
Chapter 11: From Tacit Allies to Tiananmen
Chapter 12: Beyond Tiananmen, 1992-2001
Chapter 13: China Ascending, 2001-2015
Index