The Pattern of Sino-American Crises : Political-Military Interactions in the 1950s (Paperback)

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Foundations of Confrontation: 1. Sino-American relations at the turn of the decade; 2. Korean genesis; 3. Sino-American crises over Korea; Part II. The Elaboration of Confrontation: 4. Transition from Korea to Indochina; 5. Indochina 1954: crisis by proxy; 6. First Taiwan Straits crisis, 1954?1955; Part III. The Management of Confrontation: 7. Inter-crisis period: detente miscarried; 8. Second Taiwan Straits crisis, 1958; 9. Principal findings; Notes; Bibliographical note; Bibliography; Index.