Piercing the bamboo curtain
Tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2014
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780719096693
- Publish Date
- Nov 2014
- List Price
- $43.95
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Description
This is the first comprehensive study of U.S. policy toward China during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, a critical phase of the Cold War immediately preceding the dramatic Sino-American rapprochement of the early 1970s. Based on a wide array of recently declassified government documents, this study challenges the popular view that Johnson's approach to China was marked by stagnation and sterility, exploring the administration's relationship to both the Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution. By documenting Johnson's contributions to the decision-making process Lumbers offers a new perspective on both his capacity as a foreign policy leader and his role in the further development of the Cold War.
A major contribution to our understanding of both Sino-American relations and the Vietnam War, this book will be of great interest to students of the Cold War, U.S. foreign relations, Asian Politics and the Johnson Presidency.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Michael Lumbers is an independent scholar working in Toronto.