Making China policy
Subtitle: from Nixon to G.W. Bush
By: Jean A. Garrison.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- China.; China -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-241) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the China policy conundrum; title: Continuity and change in the U.S. China policy; title: Challenging the status quo : Nixon and the politics of rapprochement; title: Normalization realized : Carter and the institutionalization of engagement; title: Developing a  strategic partnership : Reagan and the China-Taiwan balancing act; title: Salvaging U.S.-China relations : G.H.W. Bush and the aftermath of Tiananmen Square; title: A tale of three engagements : Clinton and the struggle to balance competing interests; title: From strategic competitor to uneasy ally : G.W. Bush and the fragile U.S.-China relationship; title: Recurring patterns in U.S. China decisionmaking.