{"product_id":"9780253112378","title":"Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks during the Cold War, 1949-1972","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A very good attempt to give a coherent and consistent account of\u003cbr\u003e the China-U.S. contacts during the Cold War.... [R]eaders will certainly gain a\u003cbr\u003e better understanding of this interesting and intricate history.\" -- Zhou\u003cbr\u003e Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew\u003cbr\u003e relationships during the Cold War were as dramatic as that between the United States\u003cbr\u003e and China. During World War II, China was America's ally against Japan. By 1949, the\u003cbr\u003e two countries viewed each other as adversaries and soon faced off in Korea. For the\u003cbr\u003e next two decades, Beijing and Washington were bitter enemies. Negotiating with the\u003cbr\u003e Enemy is a gripping account of that period. On several occasions -- Taiwan in 1954\u003cbr\u003e and 1958, and Vietnam in 1965 -- the nations were again on the verge of direct\u003cbr\u003e military confrontation. However, even as relations seemed at their worst, the\u003cbr\u003e process leading to a rapprochement had begun. Dramatic episodes such as the\u003cbr\u003e Ping-Pong diplomacy of spring 1971 and Henry Kissinger's secret trip to Beijing in\u003cbr\u003e July 1971 paved the way for Nixon's historic 1972 meeting with Mao.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067817279728,"sku":"9780253112378","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253112378_p0.jpg?v=1763681056","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253112378","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}