US Taiwan Strait Policy: The Origins of Strategic Ambiguity
Dean P. Chen | | ISBN: 978-1-935049-44-9 $75.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-935049-84-5 $75.00 |
2012/298 pages/LC: 2012008114
A FirstForumPress Book |
DESCRIPTION
Why did the Truman administration reject a pragmatic approach to the Taiwan Strait conflict—recognizing Beijing and severing ties with Taipei—and instead choose the path of strategic ambiguity? Dean Chen sheds light on current US policy by exploring the thoughts and deliberations of President Truman and his top advisers, among them Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, Livingston Merchant, and Dean Rusk. Chen also highlights the very unambiguous, and continuing, liberal aims of US Taiwan policy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dean P. Chen is assistant professor of political science at the Salameno School of American and International Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey.
CONTENTS
- US Interests in Taiwan.
- US-China-Taiwan Relations from Nixon to Obama.
- Wilson's Vision for an Open China.
- Freeing Taiwan from Communist Domination.
- The Inception of Strategic Ambiguity.
- The Future of US Policy in the Taiwan Strait.
"Dean Chen's probing exploration of the origins of the US commitment to Taiwan deepens our understanding of key determinants that have continued to influence US policy in relations with Taiwan and China."—Robert Sutter, George Washington University
"An important and timely contribution to the scholarly literature focusing on security in the Western Pacific."—Dennis V. Hickey, Missouri State University
"Well written and well researched.... An interesting and unique thesis."—Scott Kastner, University of Maryland