{"product_id":"cold-war-turning-point","title":"Cold War Turning Point","description":"In February 1972, President Nixon arrived in Beijing for what Chairman Mao Zedong called the \"\"week that changed the world.\"\" Using recently declassified sources from American, Chinese, European, and Soviet archives, Chris Tudda's \u003cem\u003eA Cold War Turning Point\u003c\/em\u003e reveals new details about the relationship forged by the Nixon administration and the Chinese government that dramatically altered the trajectory of the Cold War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween the years 1969 and 1972, Nixon's national security team actively fostered the U.S. rapprochement with China. Tudda argues that Nixon, in bold opposition to the stance of his predecessors, recognized the mutual benefits of repairing the Sino-U.S. relationship and was determined to establish a partnership with China. Nixon believed that America's relative economic decline, its overextension abroad, and its desire to create a more realistic international framework aligned with China's fear of Soviet military advancement and its eagerness to join the international marketplace. In a contested but calculated move, Nixon gradually eased trade and travel restrictions to China. Mao responded in kind, albeit slowly, by releasing prisoners, inviting the U.S. ping-pong team to Beijing, and secretly hosting Secretary of State Henry Kissinger prior to Nixon's momentous visit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the larger framework of international relations at the peak of the Vietnam War, \u003cem\u003eA Cold War Turning Point\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to use the Nixon tapes and Kissinger telephone conversations to illustrate the complexity of early Sino-U.S. relations. Tudda's thorough and illuminating research provides a multi-archival examination of this critical moment in twentieth-century international relations.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807635718488,"sku":"9780807142899","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780807142899_ccf13e53-a9da-4d60-9edf-22cd2dd9fd50.jpg?v=1778679949","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cold-war-turning-point","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}