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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Trade ReviewThis book provides an account of the strategies and tactics as well as the organization and conduct of the U.S. Navy’s Taiwan Patrol Force (TPF) in four confrontations between China and Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait. . . .The book recovers several valuable memos and maps from archival obscurity and recounts numerous anecdotes of the tension and tedium of naval operations in the strait. * International Journal of Maritime History *
Table of ContentsList of Maps, Figures, and Photographs Acknowledgments Introduction: The Taiwan Strait Chapter 1: The Historical Origins of the “Two China” Problem Chapter 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, 1955 Appendix 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 1978 Appendix 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 2005 Appendix J: Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, 29 June 2010 List of Acronyms Bibliography About the Author
