Deterrence and Strategic Culture : Chinese-American Confrontations, 1949-1958 /

Does strategic thinking on the question of deterrence vary between cultures? Should practitioners assume a common understanding of deterrence regardless of national and cultural differences? Shu Guang Zhang takes on these questions by exploring Sino-American confrontations between 1949 and 1958. Zha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zhang, Shu Guang, 1956 October 31- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1992.
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
1945-1976
Strategic culture > China.
Strategic culture > United States.
International Studies.
Security Studies.
Culture stratégique > Chine.
Culture stratégique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International).
Diplomatic relations
Strategic culture
United States > Foreign relations > China.
China > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953.
United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961.
China > Foreign relations > 1949-1976.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Chine.
Chine > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1953.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1953-1961.
Chine > Relations extérieures > 1949-1976.
China
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Mutual Deterrence and Standard Models
  • 2. The Establishment of the Battleground, 1948-1950
  • 3. The Origins of the Taiwan Question, September 1949- August 1950
  • 4. Military Conflict in Korea, July 1950-January 1951
  • 5. The End of the Korean War, 1952-1953
  • 6. Confrontation in Indochina, 1953-1954
  • 7. The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-1955
  • 8. The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958
  • 9. Misperception and Mutual Deterrence
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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