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Taiwan''s Statesman : Lee Teng-hui and Democracy in Asia.

A well-known observer of Taiwan and Asian history and culture provides an insightful biography of Lee Teng Hui, the pro-democracy statesman and former president of the Republic of China. As head of the Taiwanese government from 1988 to 2000, Lee managed, without violence or major civil unrest, to re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kagan, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Why Lee Teng-hui?; Chapter 2. Taiwan: Archipelago, Colony, and Stateless Nation; Chapter 3. Childhood: Seeking a Wider World; Chapter 4. War, Marriage, and the Christian Gospel; Chapter 5. The Cornell Years: Democracy Experienced; Chapter 6. Politicizing a Technocrat; Chapter 7. Goethe's Faust in Taiwan: Transformed Into a Zen-Christian Governor; Chapter 8. Dismantling the Party State: From Liberalization to Democracy; Chapter 9. Democracy in Taiwan. 
505 8 |a Chapter 10. Military and Cross-Strait Strategy, 1991-2000Chapter 11. Inventing the "New" Taiwan; Chapter 12. Lee's Stewardship of Taiwan: From One-Party Rule to Democracy; Chapter 13. Why is Lee a Statesman?; Appendix A.U.S. State Department Telegram, 30 November 1971: Report of Conversation with Vice Foreign Minister Yang Hsi-kun by Ambassador McConaughy; Appendix B.U.S. State Department Telegram, 14 February 1984: James Lilley's Report of Trip with Lee Teng-hui; Appendix C. The Taiwanese versus Mainlander Controversy at Cornell University, 1969. 
505 8 |a Appendix D. President Lee Teng-hui on His Philosophy of LifeChronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. 
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