{"product_id":"taiwan-straits-china-taiwan-and-the-role-of-the-us-navy-global-flashpoints-a-series-crisis-in-asia-and-the-role-of-the-us-navy-9780810888890","title":"Taiwan Straits China Taiwan and the Role of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"Rlpg\/Galleys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038383243607,"sku":"9780810888890","price":67.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taiwan-straits-china-taiwan-and-the-role-of-the-us-navy-global-flashpoints-a-series-crisis-in-asia-and-the-role-of-the-us-navy-9780810888890","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}