The Pattern of Sino-American Crises
Political-Military Interactions in the 1950s

This book, originally published in 1975, is a study of Sino-American crises in the 1950s.

J.H. Kalicki (Author)

9780521136860, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 25 February 2010

296 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.6 cm, 0.32 kg

This study of Sino-American crises in the 1950s sets out to define the most important crisis system in the Far East in terms of the behaviour of the United States and the People's Republic of China and of the crisis interactions which occurred between them. By comparative case study, it demonstrates how Sino-American crises functioned in Korea, Indochina and the Taiwan Straits; by cumulative case study, it elucidates the pattern of strategic interactions evolving through crises over time. Also, the analysis of Sino-American crises makes it possible to broaden the scope of crisis theory, by applying it to areas outside the Soviet-American relationship and by investigating the role of crises within wars as well as before or in lieu of wars. It contributes to an understanding of the roots of the triangular relationship that existed between Washington, Moscow and Peking in the context of shared crisis experience.

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: détente miscarried
8. Second Taiwan Straits crisis, 1958
9. Principal findings
Notes
Bibliographical note
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP]