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Informationen zum Autor Bruce A. Elleman is a William V. Pratt Professor of International History a full professor at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI Klappentext In this book,Elleman surveys the situation that has led to the current tensions between China and Taiwan. Simply written and cogently argued, it is the ideal source for military personnel, diplomats, and scholars and student of the modern Far East. Zusammenfassung In this book! Elleman surveys the situation that has led to the current tensions between China and Taiwan. Simply written and cogently argued! it is the ideal source for military personnel! diplomats! and scholars and student of the modern Far East. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps, Figures, and Photographs Acknowledgments Introduction: The Taiwan StraitChapter 1: The Historical Origins of the "Two China" ProblemChapter 2: The Two Chinas, the Offshore Islands, and the Korean War Chapter 3: The U.S. Seventh Fleet and the Taiwan Patrol Force Chapter 4: Debates on the U.S. China Policy Chapter 5: The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-55 Chapter 6: American Military and Financial Support for the Nationalists Chapter 7: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958 Chapter 8: The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis and Sino-American Rapprochement Chapter 9: PRC Economic Development, Tiananmen, and the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1995-96 Chapter 10: Beijing-Taipei Cross-Strait Tensions and Cooperation Conclusion: The Taiwan Strait Challenge Appendix A: Further Reading Appendix B: Timeline of Major Events in the Taiwan Strait Appendix C: U.S.-ROC Mutual Defense Treaty, 2 December 1954 (ratified 1955) Appendix D: Formosa Resolution, 1955Appendix E: Shanghai Communiqué, 28 February 1972 Appendix F: Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America, 16 December 1978Appendix G: Taiwan Relations Act, 10 April 1979 Appendix H: Joint Communiqué on the Question of Arms Sales to Taiwan, 17 August 1982 Appendix I: Anti-Secession Law adopted by NPC, 14 March 2005Appendix J: Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, 29 June 2010List of AcronymsBibliography About the Author...
