Piercing the bamboo curtain tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years /

Lumbers, Michael.

Piercing the bamboo curtain tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years / Michael Lumbers. - Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, (c)2008. - 1 online resource (x, 286 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Staying firm : John F. Kennedy's China policy, 1961-63 -- Holes in the dam : French recognition and the Chinese nuclear test, 1963-64 -- In Vietnam's shadow : the reaffirmation of US China policy, 1964-65 -- The irony of Vietnam : the emergence of a two-pronged China policy, 1965-66 -- Bridge-building in limbo : the impact of the Cultural Revolution, 1966-67 -- Testing the waters : an aborted policy review and closing moves, 1968-69.

A comprehensive account of the Johnson administration's China policy. The book links Johnson's China policy to the Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution and traces the development of U.S. approaches to China during a critical period of the Cold War.



9781847791498


Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973.


Electronic Books.

E183 / .P547 2008