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The China mirage : the hidden history of American disaster in Asia

Bradley, James, 1954- author

2016

Overview

James Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans--including FDR's grandfather, Warren Delano--who in the 1800s made their fortunes in the China opium trade. Meanwhile, American missionaries sought a myth: noble Chinese peasants eager to Westernize. The media propagated this mirage, and FDR believed that supporting Chiang Kai-shek would make China America's best friend in Asia. But Chiang was on his way out and when Mao Zedong instead came to power, Americans were shocked, wondering how we had \"lost China.\" From the 1850s to the origins of the Vietnam War, Bradley reveals how American misconceptions about China have distorted our policies and led to the avoidable deaths of millions.

• Publisher: Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company
• Subject: Public opinion United States History. / Common fallacies Political aspects United States History. / United States Foreign relations China. / China Foreign relations United States. / United States Foreign relations 19th century. / United States Foreign relations 20th century. / China Foreign public opinion, American History.
• ISBN: 9780316196680, 0316196681

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E183.8.C5 B667 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE