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Eisenhower and American Public Opinion on China

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Authors:
  1. Mara Oliva

    1. Department of History, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

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  • Features an in-depth examination of the interaction between American public opinion and President Eisenhower’s foreign policy toward the People’s Republic of China

  • Offers new insights into Sino-American relations in the early Cold War

  • Appeals to scholars of diplomatic history, the history of Sino-American relations, Cold War history, and modern U.S. history

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Mara Oliva
    Pages 1-14

  3. America’s Distorted Image of China

    • Mara Oliva
    Pages 15-47

  4. Keeping Promises

    • Mara Oliva
    Pages 49-83

  5. Challenge One: Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Conference of 1954

    • Mara Oliva
    Pages 85-116

  6. Challenge Two: The First Taiwan Crisis of 1954–1955

    • Mara Oliva
    Pages 117-153

  7. A Missed Opportunity

    • Mara Oliva
    Pages 155-181

  8. Hard Line Until the End

    • Mara Oliva
    Pages 183-211

  9. Conclusions

    • Mara Oliva
    Pages 213-218

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 219-223
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About this book

In the 1950s, most of the American public opposed diplomatic and trade relations with Communist China; traditional historiography blames this widespread hostility for the tensions between China and the United States during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency. In this book, Mara Oliva reconsiders the influence of U.S. public opinion on Sino-American relations, arguing that it is understudied and often misinterpreted. She shows how the Eisenhower administration’s hard line policy towards Beijing had been formulated in line with U.S. national security interests, not as a result of public pressure. However, the public did play a significant role in shaping the implementation, timing and political communication of Washington’s strategy, ultimately hampering relations with the Communist giant and seriously heightening the risk of nuclear conflict. Drawing together an extensive array of published and unpublished sources, this book offers a new prism for understanding one of the most difficult decades in the history of both countries.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

    Mara Oliva

About the author

Mara Oliva is Lecturer in U.S. History at the University of Reading, U.K.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Eisenhower and American Public Opinion on China

  • Authors: Mara Oliva

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76195-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76194-7Published: 25 April 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09427-0Published: 04 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76195-4Published: 16 April 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 223

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: US History, World History, Global and Transnational History, US Politics, Foreign Policy, History of China

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