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Isolation and Engagement: Presidential Decision Making on China from Kennedy to Nixon
William Waltman Newmann
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Presidents and their advisors consistently seek to improve the management of their foreign policy decision processes. This book analyzes the successes and failures of administrations from Kennedy to Nixon as they sought to strike a balance between the personal style of the president and the need for a strong interagency structure that could systematically evaluate policy options. The narrative focuses on US decision making on China and Taiwan during the crucial era when the United States was considering moving from a policy of isolating China to a policy of engagement, culminating in Nixon's historic 1972 trip to China. William Waltman Newmann has created an evolution-balance model, tested with case studies focusing on China policy by Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, showing how the relationships between a president and his advisors change based on the weaknesses or pathologies of the president's management style. The author's research is based on declassified archival material from the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford presidential libraries.
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Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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List of Figures and Tables
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Note on Chinese Transliteration and Sources
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Abbreviations
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One. Introduction
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Two. The Evolution-Balance Model
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Three. John F. Kennedy
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Four. Kennedy and China
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Five. Lyndon B. Johnson
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Six. Johnson and China
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Seven. Richard M. Nixon
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Eight. Nixon and China
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Nine. Conclusions
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 2022
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-13308-6 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-22028-1 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-04004-9 (paper)
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