The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between

by Sulmaan Wasif Khan

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"As tensions over Taiwan escalate, the United States and China stand on the brink of a catastrophic war. Resolving the impasse demands we understand how it began. In 1943, America declared that Japanese-held Taiwan would return to China at the conclusion of World War II. The Chinese civil war led to a change of plans. The Communist Party came to power in China and the defeated Nationalist leader, Chiang Kai-shek, fled to Taiwan, where he was afforded US protection. The specter of conflict show more has loomed ever since. In The Struggle for Taiwan, Sulmaan Wasif Khan offers the first comprehensive history of the triangular relationship between the United States, China, and Taiwan, exploring America's ambivalent commitment to Taiwan's defense, China's bitterness about the separation, and Taiwan's impressive transformation into a flourishing democracy. War is not inevitable, Khan shows, but to avoid it, decision-makers must heed the lessons of the past. From the White Terror to the Taiwan Straits Crises, from the normalization of Sino-American relations to Trump-era rising tensions, The Struggle for Taiwan charts the paths to our present predicament to show what futures might be possible"-- show less

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In his book "The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between," Khan meticulously traces the events that shaped Taiwan's trajectory, from the Chinese Civil War to its present-day status as a thriving democracy. In the past, the U.S. supported Taiwan and its brutal dictator to counter Communist expansion. Now, Taiwan is a flourishing democracy that makes 90 percent of the most advanced computer chips in the world. With its timely exploration of the complex relationship between Taiwan, China, and the United States, the book sheds light on the historical roots of the current tensions. This interests anyone desiring an understanding of one of the key potential flashpoints in the world today.

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Politics and Government, History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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951.24905History & geographyHistory of AsiaEast Asia: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, KoreaSoutheast ChinaEast China Sea AreaTaiwan
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DS799.818 .K49History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of Asia
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