Why read The Struggle for Taiwan?

Book cover of The Struggle for Taiwan: A History of America, China, and the Island Caught Between

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A concise, definitive history of the precarious relationship among the US, China, and Taiwan

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, the Allies declared that Japanese-held Taiwan would…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Struggle for Taiwan as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Bill Emmott

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I learned a huge amount about the history of Taiwan, not just about the fraught relations between America and Communist China over that island during the last three-quarters of a century. What the book especially showed me was how capricious and inconsistent American presidents have been about the issue, from Truman, Eisenhower, and Nixon right through to Trump, but also how Chinese attitudes have varied, too.

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