This book provides a new analysis of why relations between the United States and the Chinese Communists were so hostile in the first decade of the Cold War. Employing extensive documentation, it offers a fresh approach to long-debated questions such as why Truman refused to recognize the Chinese Com[...]
"This first-rate book provides rich and nuanced detail about the interactive effects of alliance politics on all sides. Christensen is one of the few international relations scholars who can theorize with the best of the political scientists and write history like a historian."--Alastair Iain Johnst[...]
Den framväxande supermakten Kina genomgick ett maktskifte under vintern 2012/2013. Denna omarbetade upplaga är den första svenska boken som kommenterar maktskiftet och vad det innebär. Boken diskuterar Kinas roll i världen och hur landet använder sin växande styrka.
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