Uneasy Allies
Uneasy Allies
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USDThis timely collection of essays examines Sino-American relations during the Second World War, the Chinese Civil War and the opening of the Cold War. Drawing on new sources uncovered in China, Taiwan, the UK and the US, the authors demonstrate how 'grassroots' engagements - not just elite diplomacy - established the trans-Pacific networks that both shaped the postwar order in Asia, and continue to influence Sino-US relations today. In these crucial years, servicemen, scientists, students, businesspeople, activists, bureaucrats and many others travelled between the US and China. In every chapter, this innovative volume's approach uncovers their stories using both Chinese and English language sources. By examining interactions among various Chinese and American actors in the dynamic wartime environment, Uneasy Allies reveals a new perspective on the foundations of American power, the brittle nature of the Sino-American relationship, and the early formation of the institutions that shaped the Cold War Pacific.
- Showcases the diverse work of global scholars on wartime Sino-American relations
- Models an innovative approach to the period with each chapter paying equal attention to Chinese and English language sources
- Demonstrates the significance of 'grassroots' engagements in Sino-US relations
Reviews & endorsements
‘In Uneasy Allies, a group of brilliant and exciting early career scholars demonstrates that US-China relations during the Second World War and the early Cold War were forged less by high level politicians than by an improvised web of relations forged by entrepreneurial scientists, engineers, businesspersons, soldiers, and chancers from both China and the USA. This is work of the first order.’ Hans van de Ven, University of Cambridge and Peking University
‘This timely volume reorients the study of state-to-state relations to people-to-people ties. It offers multiple accounts of extensive non-governmental engagement notable for the private will to connect. An important contribution that fuses diplomatic history and trans-Pacific studies.’ Wen-hsin Yeh, University of California, Berkeley
Product details
December 2024Hardback
9781009534949
340 pages
235 × 159 × 25 mm
0.64kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: toward a Grassroots History of Sino-US relations Zach Fredman and Judd Kinzley
- Part I. An Informal Alliance:
- 2. Herbert Yardley and the Grassroots origins of Sino-American wartime intelligence cooperation Chang Jui-te
- 3. Allied Military competition in South China and the rise of American power Kwong Chi Man
- 4. Gong Peng and Sino-American public diplomacy in wartime Chongqing Jack Neubauer
- Part II. Entanglements of American Empire:
- 5. Pan American airlines and the birth of Chinese air power Mary Augusta Brazelton
- 6. The three Gorges Dam and Sino-American hydraulic planning Covell Meyskens
- Part III. American Power and the New World Order:
- 7. American peace movements and the legacies of transpacific wartime activism Ke Ren
- 8. The China institute in America and the Politics of China's cultural diplomacy Zheng Yanqiu
- 9. Sino-American wartime material exchange and the economic foundations of the cold war order Judd Kinzley
- Part IV. The New Imperialism:
- 10. Haydon Boatner and Sino-American military cooperation David Cheng Chang
- 11. Dealing with the dead in the China-Burma-India theater Linh Vu
- 12. Qingdao and the politics of occupation in postwar China Zhiguo Yang
- 13. The debate over 'Jeep Girls' in postwar China Chunmei Du
- 14. Smuggling, military jurisdiction and the remaking of US Empire in postwar China Zach Fredman
- 15. Conclusion: legacies and lessons of wartime Sino-American relations, 1937–1939 Zach Fredman.
