Nixon and Mao : the week that changed the world

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Nixon and Mao : the week that changed the world

Title remainder

the week that changed the world

Statement of responsibility

Margaret MacMillan

Creator

• MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-
• trueMacMillan, Margaret, 1943-

Subject

• trueChina -- Foreign relations -- 1949-1976
• China -- Foreign relations -- 1949-1976
• China -- Foreign relations -- United States
• trueChina -- Foreign relations -- United States
• trueHistory Writing -- Cold War
• trueHistory writing -- Asia | China -- Communist China
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- 1970s
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- Presidency -- 20th century
• trueMao, Zedong, 1893-1976
• Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976
• trueCanadian literature
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974
• United States -- Foreign relations -- China
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- China
• trueVisits of state -- China
• Visits of state -- China
• Nixon, Richard M., (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
• trueNixon, Richard M., (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Travel -- China

Genre

• trueHistory writing
• trueCanadian literature
• trueHistory Writing

Language

eng

Summary

"This book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century: In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for today's complex relationship between the countries. That monumental meeting--during what Nixon called "the week that changed the world"--could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless; assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. And behind them lay the complex history of two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Member of

• trueNixon in China

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

327.7305109/047

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

E183.8.C5

LC item number

M313 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult