The struggle for Taiwan

• Verfasst von: Khan, Sulmaan Wasif [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The struggle for Taiwan
• Titelzusatz: a history
• Verf.angabe: Sulmaan Wasif Khan
• Verlagsort: UK ; USA ; Canada ; Ireland ; Australia ; India ; New Zealand ; South Africa
• Verlag: Allen Lane
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: ix, 321 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Karten
• ISBN: 978-0-241-67485-7
• Schlagwörter: (g)Taiwan / (s)Geopolitik / (s)Außenpolitik / (z)Geschichte 1945-2024
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: ML 9206
• Sach-SW: Asian history
• Sach-SW: Asiatische Geschichte
• Sach-SW: Geopolitics
• Sach-SW: Geopolitik
• Sach-SW: HISTORY / Asia / China
• Sach-SW: HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
• Sach-SW: HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
• Sach-SW: HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
• Sach-SW: POL062000
• Geograph. SW: China
• Geograph. SW: China
• Geograph. SW: Taiwan
• Geograph. SW: Taiwan
• Zeit-SW: Erste Hälfte 21. Jahrhundert (ca. 2000 bis ca. 2050)
• Zeit-SW: Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (ca. 1950 bis ca. 1999)
• K10plus-PPN: 1887824510

Abstract

"As tensions over Taiwan escalate, the United States and China stand on the brink of a catastrophic war. Resolving the impasse demands we understand how it began. In 1943, America declared that Japanese-held Taiwan would return to China at the conclusion of World War II. The Chinese civil war led to a change of plans. The Communist Party came to power in China and the defeated Nationalist leader, Chiang Kai-shek, fled to Taiwan, where he was afforded US protection. The specter of conflict has loomed ever since. In The Struggle for Taiwan, Sulmaan Wasif Khan offers the first comprehensive history of the triangular relationship between the United States, China, and Taiwan, exploring America's ambivalent commitment to Taiwan's defense, China's bitterness about the separation, and Taiwan's impressive transformation into a flourishing democracy. War is not inevitable, Khan shows, but to avoid it, decision-makers must heed the lessons of the past. From the White Terror to the Taiwan Straits Crises, from the normalization of Sino-American relations to Trump-era rising tensions, The Struggle for Taiwan charts the paths to our present predicament to show what futures might be possible"--

Abstract

A gripping account of the past and future of Taiwan'Deeply researched and fascinating' - The GuardianIn the overwhelming chaos across Asia at the end of the Second World War, one relatively minor issue was the future of the Japanese colony of Taiwan, a large island some one hundred miles off the coast of Fujian. Handed to the Kuomintang-ruled Republic of China, in 1949 it suddenly became the focus of global attention as a random cross-section of defeated Nationalists, including President Chiang Kai-shek, fled there from Mao's triumphant Communist forces.The Struggle for Taiwan is a balanced and convincing account of the sequence of events that has left Taiwan for generations as a political anomaly, with issues around its status and future continuing to threaten war. With deepening democratization, Taiwan further goads Beijing, remaining functionally independent from China even as Xi Jinping clamours for unification.This invaluable book allows readers to understand the complex story of this unique place and its role in international relations. With its striking economic dynamism and commitment to democracy, can Taiwan continue - as Hong Kong once did - to thrive, or will China conquer it? And will the world be able to maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait or will it stumble into war?