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050 00 $aE183.8.C5$bM313 2007
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100 1 $aMacMillan, Margaret,$d1943-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87126516
245 10 $aNixon and Mao :$bthe week that changed the world /$cMargaret MacMillan.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $axxii, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [375]-386) and index.
520 1 $a"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 the complex relationship between China and the United States that we see today." "That monumental meeting in 1972 - during what Nixon called "the week that changed the world" - could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon himself, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless. They were assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. Surrounding them were fascinating people with unusual roles to play, including the enormously disciplined and unhappy Pat Nixon and a small-time Shanghai actress turned monstrous empress, Jiang Qing. And behind all of them lay the complex history of two countries, 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." "Weaving together anecdotes and insights, an understanding of Chinese and American history, and the momentous events of an extraordinary time, this book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century and casts new light on a key relationship for the world of the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
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600 10 $aNixon, Richard M.$q(Richard Milhous),$d1913-1994.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018757
600 10 $aMao, Zedong,$d1893-1976.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78087649
650 0 $aVisits of state$zChina.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113283
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1969-1974.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140102
651 0 $aChina$xForeign relations$y1949-1976.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024029
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006048644-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0707/2006048644-b.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0707/2006048644-s.html
852 00 $bglx$hE183.8.C5$iM313 2007