A world of turmoil: the United States, China, and Taiwan in the long Cold War

Wandering in a Labyrinth of Ignorance, Error, and Conjecture, 1945-1952 -- Avoiding a Chain Reaction of Disaster, 1952-1955 -- I Will Never Sell You Down the River, 1971-1972 -- We Prefer to Stay Single, 1990-1998 -- A Free and Democratic People, 2016-2020.

"A World of Turmoil offers case studies of five critical moments: the end of World War II and the start of the Long Cold War; the almost-nuclear war over the Quemoy Islands in 1954-1955; the detente, deceptions, and denials surrounding the 1972 Shanghai Communique; the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996; and the rise of postcolonial nationalism in contemporary Taiwan"--