From Publishers Weekly

Chang, historian at UC-Irvine, argues that U.S. policymakers from the Truman through the Johnson administrations never regarded the Sino-Soviet relationship as monolithic but recognized their conflicting interests early on, actively encouraged a rift and exploited their differences. Based on newly declassified documents, the study reveals that President Eisenhower came close to ordering a nuclear strike on the Chinese mainland during the 1955 Quemoy-Matsu crisis, and that President Kennedy sought to collaborate with the Soviets in preventing China from developing a nuclear capability. A major consequence of Washington's utilization of the Beijing-Moscow feud, the author indicates, was the role this friction played in President Johnson's decision to escalate American intervention in Vietnam. Chang provides an illuminating inquiry into Washington's China policy during the more than two decades of hostility and non-recognition. Photos.

Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

This study makes thorough use of recently declassified documents to present a new view of American policy toward Communist China. Chang (American history, Univ. of California, Irvine) discovered that, contrary to official statements, U.S. policy had never assumed that Communism was a monolithic movement. He documents how the United States actively pursued policies which would aggravate the split between China and the Soviet Union, and how these policies were a major factor in American intervention in Korea and Vietnam. A disturbing sub-theme in this book is the racial prejudice and disdain for the Chinese which influenced American policy. This study is heavily documented, with 58 pages of notes and an impressive bibliography. Many of the previously unpublished photographs were obtained from Chinese sources. Recommended for all college and university libraries.

- Thomas A. Karel, Franklin & Marshall Coll. Lib., Lancaster, Pa.

Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

张少书（Gordon H. Chang）, 美国斯坦福大学历史系奥利弗•帕尔默人文学科荣誉教授,现任斯坦福大学东亚研究中心主任。参加斯坦福大学的美国亚裔研究、美国研究、东亚研究、亚太研究中心、国际安全与合作中心等研究工作；同时参与斯坦福大学出版社有关美国亚裔著作的编辑工作。主要研究与教学方向：美国与东亚关系史,中美关系史,亚裔美国人之政治、经济和文化史。

主要代表著作：

独著：《朋友还是敌人？：1948—1972年的美国、中国和苏联》(Friends and Enemies: The United States,China,and the Soviet Union,1948-1972,1990)

独著：《亚裔美国人和政治：一种探索》（Asian Americans and Politics: An Exploration,2002）

合著：《美籍华人的声音：从淘金潮到当今》(Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present,2006)

合编：《美国亚裔后裔的艺术史：1850—1970年》（Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970,2008）

译者简介：

顾宁,女,江苏吴县人,中国社会科学院世界历史研究所研究员,中华美国学会理事。主要研究方向：美中关系史、美国史、妇女史。主要著作：《美国文化与现代化》等。

刘凡,男,1972年5月生,山东邹平人,毕业于山东大学,获法学博士学位,现为中国社会科学院世界历史研究所俄罗斯东欧史研究室助理研究员,研究方向为东欧史。

李皓,男, 1988年9月生,毕业于北京联合大学, 获广告学学士学位,现为北京某4A广告公司高级客户主任。