* Contents * Illustrations * Acknowledgments * Introduction: Landscape and Memory * In the Context of the Cold War * The Origins of Strategic Ambiguity Detente * Taiwan Expendable? * Survival Ford's Tribulations * Collapse and Reprieve Moral Imperatives Military Challenges * Derecognition * Final Act * The Taiwan Relations Act Recognizing Your Friends and Enemies * The Reagan Difference * American Assurances The End of the Cold War * Shifting Ground Search for a New World Order * Change and Continuity * Taiwan Strait Crisis * Setting the Record Straight War against Terrorism * The Influence of Democracy * Conclusion: The Uses of Adversity * Abbreviations * Notes * Interviews * Bibliography * Index
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