1st Edition
US-China Naval Co-operation Against the Soviet Union Carter’s Navy
By Bruce A. Elleman
Copyright 2026
246 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book discusses the key role of the transfer of naval technology from the U.S. to China in building up the Chinese Navy during the Cold War.
Revealing how this process began in the late 1970s under the Carter Administration when Deng Xiaoping was newly in power, and how it accelerated under both the Reagan and Bush administrations, moving from the transfer of simple technology to entire... Read more
Introduction 1. Historical Background to Carter’s Tech Transfer Program to China 2. Determining the Process for Dual Use Technology Transfers 3. Solving Problems with Dual Use COCOM Transfers 4. The Dual Use COCOM Mechanism 5. Technology Transfers as a Possible Threat 6. The Carter Administration’s Long-term Goals 7. Ronald Reagan’s Technology Transfer Policies 8. End of the Cold War and Western Reaction to the Tiananmen Massacre Conclusions. How Carter, Reagan, and Bush helped Create the PLAN
Biography
Bruce A. Elleman is former William V. Pratt Professor of International History at the US Naval War College in Newport, U.S., and is now in active retirement.
