Strait Talk: United States-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis with China by Nancy B

Description: Strait Talk by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Relations among the United States, Taiwan, and China challenge policymakers, international relations specialists, and a concerned public to examine their assumptions about security, sovereignty, and peace. Tucker traces the thorny relationship between the United States and Taiwan as both watch Chinas power grow. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Relations among the United States, Taiwan, and China challenge policymakers, international relations specialists, and a concerned public to examine their assumptions about security, sovereignty, and peace. Only a Taiwan Straits conflict could plunge Americans into war with a nuclear-armed great power. In a timely and deeply informed book, Nancy Bernkopf Tucker traces the thorny relationship between the United States and Taiwan as both watch Chinas power grow.Although Taiwan–U.S. security has been intertwined since the 1950s, neither Taipei nor Washington ever fully embraced the other. Differences in priorities and perspectives repeatedly raised questions about the wisdom of the alignment. Tucker discusses the nature of U.S. commitments to Taiwan; the intricacies of policy decisions; the intentions of critical actors; the impact of Taiwans democratization; the role of lobbying; and the accelerating difficulty of balancing Taiwan against China. In particular, she examines the destructive mistrust that undermines U.S. cooperation with Taiwan, stymieing efforts to resolve cross-Strait tensions.Strait Talk offers valuable historical context for understanding U.S.–Taiwan ties and is essential reading for anyone interested in international relations and security issues today. Notes An important work that will make a strong impact and be widely read. Tucker argues that relations between the U.S. and Taiwan, and between the U.S. and China, are difficult today because successive American administrations knowingly created expectations in Taipei and Beijing that could not be met. She concludes that real progress in these relationships will require the United States to build trust. This book should provoke introspection in Washington, and will help readers everywhere understand this complex relationship. -- Shelley Rigger, author of Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy A signal contribution to an understanding of the desperately complex diplomatic history of Taiwan and the United States, this will become the go-to book on the cross-Taiwan Strait problem. -- Alan M. Wachman, author of Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales for Chinas Territorial Integrity For nearly six decades, Taiwan has bedeviled U.S. foreign policy in East Asia, complicated the U.S. relationship with the Peoples Republic of China, and generated domestic passions of unusual intensity. Tucker provides a detailed and fascinating look at the policies and people, the mistakes and triumphs that have shaped U.S. relations with Taiwan. Readers will emerge with a far better appreciation of the reasons why she points to confrontation in the Taiwan Strait as the single most dangerous challenge for the United States in the world. -- J. Stapleton Roy, former U.S. ambassador to China Author Biography Nancy Bernkopf Tucker was Professor of History at Georgetown University and at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Table of Contents * Contents * Illustrations * Acknowledgments * Introduction: Landscape and Memory * In the Context of the Cold War * The Origins of Strategic Ambiguity Detente * Taiwan Expendable? * Survival Fords Tribulations * Collapse and Reprieve Moral Imperatives; Military Challenges * Derecognition * Final Act * The Taiwan Relations Act Recognizing Your Friends and Enemies * The Reagan Difference * American Assurances The End of the Cold War * Shifting Ground Search for a New World Order * Change and Continuity * Taiwan Strait Crisis * Setting the Record Straight War against Terrorism * The Influence of Democracy * Conclusion: The Uses of Adversity * Abbreviations * Notes * Interviews * Bibliography * Index Review An important work that will make a strong impact and be widely read. Tucker argues that relations between the U.S. and Taiwan, and between the U.S. and China, are difficult today because successive American administrations knowingly created expectations in Taipei and Beijing that could not be met. She concludes that real progress in these relationships will require the United States to build trust. This book should provoke introspection in Washington, and will help readers everywhere understand this complex relationship. -- Shelley Rigger, author of Politics in Taiwan: Voting for DemocracyA signal contribution to an understanding of the desperately complex diplomatic history of Taiwan and the United States, this will become the go-to book on the cross-Taiwan Strait problem. -- Alan M. Wachman, author of Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales for Chinas Territorial IntegrityFor nearly six decades, Taiwan has bedeviled U.S. foreign policy in East Asia, complicated the U.S. relationship with the Peoples Republic of China, and generated domestic passions of unusual intensity. Tucker provides a detailed and fascinating look at the policies and people, the mistakes and triumphs that have shaped U.S. relations with Taiwan. Readers will emerge with a far better appreciation of the reasons why she points to confrontation in the Taiwan Strait as the single most dangerous challenge for the United States in the world. -- J. Stapleton Roy, former U.S. ambassador to ChinaAlthough Washingtons Taiwan policy has been outwardly clear and consistent since 1972--defined by the so-called communiqué framework and the Taiwan Relations Act--Tucker shows that the actual negotiation record from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush was rife with confusion and mistrust. She focuses on the less-studied Washington-Taipei leg of the Beijing-Washington-Taipei triangle, tracing the interaction of policies and personalities with a level of detail made possible by extensive interviews and archival research and with a clarity of judgment made possible by a long familiarity with most of the protagonists. Tucker acknowledges that U.S. grand strategy during this time enjoyed some successes: China became a counterweight to the Soviet Union, and Taiwan survived. But she argues that the United States repeatedly yielded more to China than it had to, and the shoddy way it treated Taiwan created a legacy of mistrust not only in Taipei but also among allies throughout the region. -- Andrew J. Nathan * Foreign Affairs * Promotional An important work that will make a strong impact and be widely read. Tucker argues that relations between the U.S. and Taiwan, and between the U.S. and China, are difficult today because successive American administrations knowingly created expectations in Taipei and Beijing that could not be met. She concludes that real progress in these relationships will require the United States to build trust. This book should provoke introspection in Washington, and will help readers everywhere understand this complex relationship. -- Shelley Rigger, author of Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy A signal contribution to an understanding of the desperately complex diplomatic history of Taiwan and the United States, this will become the go-to book on the cross-Taiwan Strait problem. -- Alan M. Wachman, author of Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales for Chinas Territorial Integrity For nearly six decades, Taiwan has bedeviled U.S. foreign policy in East Asia, complicated the U.S. relationship with the Peoples Republic of China, and generated domestic passions of unusual intensity. Tucker provides a detailed and fascinating look at the policies and people, the mistakes and triumphs that have shaped U.S. relations with Taiwan. Readers will emerge with a far better appreciation of the reasons why she points to confrontation in the Taiwan Strait as the single most dangerous challenge for the United States in the world. -- J. Stapleton Roy, former U.S. ambassador to China Review Quote Strait Talk is an excellent book, particularly for those who want to understand the turbulent triangular relationship between the US, Taiwan and China, and how it has been influenced by various people over the past six decades...[Tucker] covers events and policy debates from the days of the Truman presidency all the way through the end of the Bush administration in 2008... An important contribution of the book is that it shows how politicians and diplomats from former U.S. presidents Harry Truman to George W. Bush shaped policies, and how U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan varied significantly, depending on the background, knowledge and political insights of the people involved. Tuck is most unsparing in her criticism of former U.S. president Richard Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger...Tucks book makes an excellent contribution to better knowledge and understanding of U.S. policy towards Taiwan. Details ISBN0674060520 Author Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Pages 404 Publisher Harvard University Press Year 2011 ISBN-10 0674060520 ISBN-13 9780674060524 Format Paperback Imprint Harvard University Press Subtitle United States-Taiwan Relations and the Crisis with China Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Illustrations 11 illustrations, 1 map Short Title STRAIT TALK Language English Media Book DEWEY 327.73051249 Residence US UK Release Date 2011-03-18 Publication Date 2011-03-18 AU Release Date 2011-03-18 NZ Release Date 2011-03-18 US Release Date 2011-03-18 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:36076958;

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