Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: Stalemate along the Taiwan Straits, 1949–2020
- 1 The Two Chinas and the Battle for Control of Offshore Islands
- 2 President Harry S. Truman’s Decision to Protect Taiwan
- 3 The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954–55
- 4 The Evacuation of the Dachen Islands, 1955
- 5 The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958
- 6 The US Threat to Use Atomic Weapons
- 7 Using Taiwan to Undermine the Sino-Soviet Alliance
- 8 Taiwan during the Cold War and Afterward
- Conclusions: The Taiwan Strait’s Strategic Significance Today
- Appendix: Naval Terms and Acronym List
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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Contents
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: Stalemate along the Taiwan Straits, 1949–2020
- 1 The Two Chinas and the Battle for Control of Offshore Islands
- 2 President Harry S. Truman’s Decision to Protect Taiwan
- 3 The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954–55
- 4 The Evacuation of the Dachen Islands, 1955
- 5 The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958
- 6 The US Threat to Use Atomic Weapons
- 7 Using Taiwan to Undermine the Sino-Soviet Alliance
- 8 Taiwan during the Cold War and Afterward
- Conclusions: The Taiwan Strait’s Strategic Significance Today
- Appendix: Naval Terms and Acronym List
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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- Taiwan Straits Standoff70 Years of PRC–Taiwan Cross-Strait Tensions, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Anthem PressFirst published in: 2021