Taiwan's statesman
Subtitle: Lee Teng-Hui and democracy in Asia
By: Richard C. Kagan.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591144274
Subjects: Lee, Teng-hui; Presidents -- Taiwan -- Biography; Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1988-2000
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Lee Teng-Hui and democracy in Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why Lee Teng-Hui?; title: Taiwan: archipelago, colony, stateless nation; title: Childhood: seeking a wider world; title: War, marriage, and the Christian gospel; title: The Cornell years: democracy experienced; title: Politicizing a technocrat; title: Goethe's Faust in Taiwan: transformed into a Zen-Christian governor; title: Dismantling the party state: from liberalization to democracy; title: Democracy in Taiwan; title: Military and cross-strait strategy, 1991-2000; title: Inventing the new Taiwan; title: Lee's stewardship of Taiwan: from one-party rule to democracy; title: Why is Lee a statesman?