Following the Nationalist defeat on the mainland in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and his followers retreated to Taiwan, forming the Republic of China (ROC). Tensions with the People's Republic of China (PRC) focused on control over a number of offshore islands, especially Quemoy (Jinmen) and Matsu (Mazu). Twice in the 1950s tensions peaked, during the first (1954-55) and second (1958) Taiwan Strait crises. Today, relations between the ROC and PRC depend on quelling tensions over the Taiwan Strait. This work provides a short, but highly relevant, history of the Taiwan Strait, and its significance today.…mehr
Following the Nationalist defeat on the mainland in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and his followers retreated to Taiwan, forming the Republic of China (ROC). Tensions with the People's Republic of China (PRC) focused on control over a number of offshore islands, especially Quemoy (Jinmen) and Matsu (Mazu). Twice in the 1950s tensions peaked, during the first (1954-55) and second (1958) Taiwan Strait crises. Today, relations between the ROC and PRC depend on quelling tensions over the Taiwan Strait. This work provides a short, but highly relevant, history of the Taiwan Strait, and its significance today.
Bruce A. Elleman has a PhD from Columbia University and is the author of twenty-five books. Several of Elleman's books have been translated into foreign languages. Elleman also obtained a master of arts in national security and strategic studies (with distinction) from the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, in 2004.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Introduction: Stalemate along the Taiwan Straits, 1949-2020 1. The Two Chinas and the Battle for Control of Off shore Islands 2. President Harry S. Truman's Decision to Protect Taiwan 3. The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-55 4. The Evacuation of the Dachen Islands, 1955 5. The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958 6. The US Threat to Use Atomic Weapons 7. Using Taiwan to Undermine the Sino- Soviet Alliance 8. Taiwan during the Cold War and Afterward Conclusion: The Taiwan Strait's Strategic Significance Today Appendix: Naval Terms and Acronym List Selected Bibliography Index.
List of Illustrations Introduction: Stalemate along the Taiwan Straits, 1949-2020 1. The Two Chinas and the Battle for Control of Off shore Islands 2. President Harry S. Truman's Decision to Protect Taiwan 3. The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-55 4. The Evacuation of the Dachen Islands, 1955 5. The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958 6. The US Threat to Use Atomic Weapons 7. Using Taiwan to Undermine the Sino- Soviet Alliance 8. Taiwan during the Cold War and Afterward Conclusion: The Taiwan Strait's Strategic Significance Today Appendix: Naval Terms and Acronym List Selected Bibliography Index.
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