TY - BOOK ID - 77894435 TI - Piercing the bamboo curtain : tentative bridge-building to China during the Johnson years PY - 2008 SN - 178170080X 1847791492 9781847791498 9780719077784 0719077788 0719096693 1847797202 PB - Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Johnson, Lyndon B. KW - United States KW - China KW - Politics and government KW - Foreign relations KW - Chan-sên, KW - Johnson, Lyndon Baines, KW - Dzhonson, Lindon, KW - L. B. J. KW - ג'ונסון, לינדון KW - ジョンソン, KW - Johnson, L. KW - Čhō̜nsan, Lindō̜n Bī., KW - China. KW - Cold War. KW - Cultural Revolution. KW - Lyndon Johnson. KW - Sino-American rapprochement. KW - US policy. KW - Vietnam War. KW - declassified government documents. KW - early 1970s. KW - foreign-policy leader. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77894435 AB - This is the first comprehensive study of U.S. policy toward China during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, a critical phase of the Cold War immediately preceding the dramatic Sino-American rapprochement of the early 1970's. Based on a wide array of recently declassified government documents, this study challenges the popular view that Johnson's approach to China was marked by stagnation and sterility, exploring the administration's relationship to both the Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution. By documenting Johnson's contributions to the decision-making process Lumbers offers a new perspective... ER -