Distorted mirrors
Subtitle: Americans and their relations with Russia and China in the twentieth century
By: Donald E. Davis, Eugene P. Trani.
Contributors: Trani, Eugene P.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780826218537
Subjects: Politicians -- United States; Authors, American -- United States -- Political activity; Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union; United States -- Relations -- China; Soviet Union -- Foreign public opinion, American; China -- Foreign public opinion, American; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States; China -- Relations -- United States
Description: "Drawing on memoirs, archives, and interviews, Davis and Trani trace American prejudice toward Russia and China by focusing on the views of influential writers and politicians over the course of the twentieth century, showing where American images originated and how they evolved"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Russia; title: "Soviet Sam" and the émigrés; title: The boys from Riga; title: Assignment in Utopia; title: Honeymooners; title: Chums; title: Mr. X; title: Gray eminence; title: pt. 2. China; title: Missionary diplomacy; title: Pragmatist in China; title: Red star over China; title: The novelist and the ambassador; title: The president and the generalissimo; title: Luce's man in Chungking; title: Gurus; title: Old conclusions, new beginnings.