Nixon and Mao :
MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-
Nixon and Mao : the week that changed the world / Margaret MacMillan. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2007. - xxii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-386) and index.
"This book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century: In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for today's complex relationship between the countries. That monumental meeting--during what Nixon called "the week that changed the world"--could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless; assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. And behind them lay the complex history of two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
9781400061273 (alk. paper) 140006127X (alk. paper) 9781400061273
2006048644
Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994.
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Visits of state--China.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.
E 183.8 / .M167 2007
IB 327.730 / M22 2007
Nixon and Mao : the week that changed the world / Margaret MacMillan. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2007. - xxii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-386) and index.
"This book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century: In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for today's complex relationship between the countries. That monumental meeting--during what Nixon called "the week that changed the world"--could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless; assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. And behind them lay the complex history of two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
9781400061273 (alk. paper) 140006127X (alk. paper) 9781400061273
2006048644
Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994.
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976.
Visits of state--China.
United States--Foreign relations--China.
China--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.
E 183.8 / .M167 2007
IB 327.730 / M22 2007