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Taiwan, the United States, and the Hidden History of the Cold War in Asia: Divided Allies book cover

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Taiwan, the United States, and the Hidden History of the Cold War in Asia Divided Allies

By Hsiao-Ting Lin Copyright 2022
260 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores the challenges which faced the United States and Taiwanese alliance during the Cold War, addressing a wide range of events and influences of the period between the 1950s and 1970s. Tackling seven main topics to outline the fluctuations of the U.S.–Taiwan relationship, this volume highlights the impact of the mainland counteroffensive, the offshore islands, Tibet, Taiwan’s... Read more

List of figures

Acknowledgments

Acronyms and abbreviations

Glossary of names and terms

Maps

Introduction

1 The offshore islands

2 The mainland counteroffensive

3 Tibet

4 The Cold War in Asia

5 The United Nations

6 The Vietnam War

7 The Soviet and the nuclear gambits

Postscript

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Hsiao-ting Lin is a Research Fellow and Curator of the Modern China Collection at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, USA. He has published extensively on modern Chinese and Taiwanese politics, history, and ethnic minorities, including Accidental State: Chiang Kai-shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan (2016); Modern China’s Ethnic Frontiers: A Journey to the West (2011); and Tibet and Nationalist China’s Frontier: Intrigues and Ethnopolitics, 1928–49 (2006).

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