A Great Wall

By: Patrick Tyler

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Paperback | 1 September 2000 | Edition Number 1

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The "riveting and endlessly fascinating story" ( The Boston Globe ) of the complex and often tormented relationship between the U.S. and China--a finalist for the Helen now in paperback.. Hailed as "absorbing" by the New York Times and "suspense-filled" by Foreign Affairs , Patrick Tyler's A Great Wall became an instant classic; a must-read for anyone concerned with the complicated and combative relationship between the world's biggest and the world's most powerful nations. And no one could tell this story better than Patrick Tyler, veteran journalist and former Beijing bureau chief of the New York Times . Using brilliant original reporting from his years in China; interviews with presidents, secretaries of state, Chinese officials, and other key leaders; and 15,000 pages of newly declassified documents, Tyler illuminates a relationship usually shrouded in secrecy, miscommunication, rivalry, fascination, and fear. A Great Wall is essential reading for anyone interested in China and anyone concerned with the shifting dynamics of post-Cold War geopolitics.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government International Relations Miscellaneous Items History Regional & National History Asian History

Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. ix
Foreword	p. xvii
Cast of Characters	p. xxi
Prologue: the Risk of War . .	p. 3
The Taiwan Crisis	p. 19
The Sino-Soviet Border 1969	p. 45
Nixon the Opening . .	p. 105
Ford: Estrangement "I Smile Bitterly...."	p. 181
Carter: Fulfillment: "The President Has Made Up His Mind . . ."	p. 227
Reagan: . . and Taiwan	p. 287
Bush: . . and Tiananmen	p. 341
Clinton: the Butchers of Beijing . .	p. 381
Transition: . . It Begins Again	p. 417
Notes	p. 431
Photograph Credits	p. 461
Acknowledgments	p. 463
Index	p. 465
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