The Cold War's Odd Couple
Subtitle: The Unintended Partnership between the Republic of China and the UK, 1950-1958 (Library of International Relations)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: December 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781850438427
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; History: World; Foreign relations; History; Politics / Current Events; Israel; International Relations - General; Asia - China; Political Science / International Relations; China; 1945-1964; Great Britain
First sentence: Since UK-ROC relations in the 1950s were set firmly in the context of the cold war, I start this chapter with a brief look at its emergence at the close of the Second World War and focus in particular on what the beginning of the cold war meant.