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Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis
Paper, 288 pages, 14 Tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-13565-8
$24.50
/ £14.50
April, 2005
Cloth, 288 pages, 14 Tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-13564-1
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"Dangerous Strait is an outstanding book, uniquely authoritative and uniquely sober and careful in all its assertions." — Bradley Winterton, Taipei Times
"The contributors successfully explain the historical evolution of the cross-strait situation and provide solid analysis of the complex relations." — Lucian W. Pye, Foreign Affairs
"This is a very good and useful book." — Jean-Pierre Cabestan, China Quarterly
"This book contains a wealth of information and timely studies... [and] is to be commended." — Mei-Chin Lee, Pacific Affairs
"Tucker's Dangerous Strait analyzes both cross-strait relations and U.S. policy toward the Taiwan issue, providing essential context and thoughts on how to avert disaster." — Warren I. Cohen, National Interest
"Dangerous Strait brings together an invaluable collection of authoritative and incisive contributions by leading academic authorities." — Rod Wye, Asian Affairs
"This superb collection of essays is one of the few books to analyze both cross-Strait relations and U.S. policy toward the Taiwan issue. The focus is on domestic changes on Taiwan over the last twenty years--particularly political democratization, the emergence of Taiwanese nationalism, and the transfer of power from the Kuomintang to the Democratic Progressive Party—as well as Beijing's and Washington's responses to those developments. I highly recommend it." — Harry Harding, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
"This is a splendid compilation containing the considered reflections of some of the ablest scholars of East Asian politics and diplomacy in the business. This rich volume offers measured judgments which, if heeded, may help ward off the perilous confrontation now building in the Taiwan Strait between an increasingly nationalistic China and a Taiwan whose citizens crave greater international recognition. President Bush, read this book." — Robert M. Hathaway, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
"Dangerous Strait is a superb one-stop wonder: it provides authoritative, straightforward, and balanced coverage of the historical, diplomatic, political, economic, and military complexities--and sensitivities--which continue to define U.S.-Taiwan-China relations. With this book available, old hands, as well as newcomers to the subject, have no excuses for not understanding this challenging aspect of U.S. relations in East Asia." — Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies