Overview

Full Product Details

9780268102975

Table of Contents

Reviews

Presidents Nixon and Carter justifiably get credit for normalizing American relations with China, but there were several organizations that played key supporting roles. Christian Talley has done us an important service in this volume assessing the role of the National Council for U.S.-China Trade in the development of Sino-American official relations in the decade after Nixon's 1972 visit to China. The Council and its leaders were involved in sometimes dramatic developments along with outreach and consensus building among the business community, in Congress, and with specialists and the media about the significance of economic ties between the two countries. --Robert Sutter, George Washington University The relationship between the United States and China is at the heart of the international order of the twenty-first century, and trade between the two giants has recently become one of the most contentious issues of contemporary American politics. Christian Talley has written a brilliant, engaging, and even surprising history of the early years of these economic ties, emphasizing the contingent nature of this relationship and the ways American business, through the National Council for US-China Trade, helped serve larger national security objectives. His book could not be a more important and timely account for both policymakers and scholars alike in understanding why and how we have come to our present situation, and the difficult choices and dilemmas we face in the future. --Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University

Presidents Nixon and Carter justifiably get credit for normalizing American relations with China, but there were several organizations that played key supporting roles. Christian Talley has done us an important service in this volume assessing the role of the National Council for U.S.-China Trade in the development of Sino-American official relations in the decade after Nixon's 1972 visit to China. The Council and its leaders were involved in sometimes dramatic developments along with outreach and consensus building among the business community, in Congress, and with specialists and the media about the significance of economic ties between the two countries. --Robert Sutter, George Washington University The relationship between the United States and China is at the heart of the international order of the twenty-first century, and trade between the two giants has recently become one of the most contentious issues of contemporary American politics. Christian Talley has written a brilliant, engaging, and even surprising history of the early years of these economic ties, emphasizing the contingent nature of this relationship and the ways American business, through the National Council for US-China Trade, helped serve larger national security objectives. His book could not be a more important and timely account for both policymakers and scholars alike in understanding why and how we have come to our present situation, and the difficult choices and dilemmas we face in the future. --Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University China is the number one trading partner of the United States. Today, Sino-US trade has rocketed to more than $580 billion annually. The swift development of this relationship is without precedent in the history of international trade. A pioneer in this promising partnership was an organization known today as the US-China Business Council. The contribution of the Council in fostering trade relations with China is the story told by Christian Talley in his important and entertaining book Forgotten Vanguard. --Gene Theroux, senior counsel emeritus, Baker & McKenzie LLP This highly-readable volume exposes the drama of the development of America's business involvement with the People's Republic of China. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the many realities of how today's 'mutually beneficial' US-China economic symbiosis emerged and paved the way for the interdependent relationship it is today. --Nick Ludlow, founding editor, The China Business Review

""This highly-readable volume exposes the drama of the development of America’s business involvement with the People's Republic of China. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the many realities of how today’s 'mutually beneficial' US-China economic symbiosis emerged and paved the way for the interdependent relationship it is today."" —Nick Ludlow, founding editor, The China Business Review ""The relationship between the United States and China is at the heart of the international order of the twenty-first century, and trade between the two giants has recently become one of the most contentious issues of contemporary American politics. Christian Talley has written a brilliant, engaging, and even surprising history of the early years of these economic ties, emphasizing the contingent nature of this relationship and the ways American business, through the National Council for United States-China Trade, helped serve larger national security objectives. His book could not be a more important and timely account for both policymakers and scholars alike in understanding why and how we have come to our present situation, and the difficult choices and dilemmas we face in the future."" —Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt University ""Presidents Nixon and Carter justifiably get credit for normalizing American relations with China, but there were several organizations that played key supporting roles. Christian Talley has done us an important service in this volume assessing the role of the National Council for United States–China Trade in the development of Sino-American official relations in the decade after Nixon's 1972 visit to China. The Council and its leaders were involved in sometimes dramatic developments along with outreach and consensus building among the business community, in Congress, and with specialists and the media about the significance of economic ties between the two countries."" —Robert Sutter, George Washington University “China is the number one trading partner of the United States. Today, Sino-US trade has rocketed to more than $580 billion annually. The swift development of this relationship is without precedent in the history of international trade. A pioneer in this promising partnership was an organization known today as the US-China Business Council. The contribution of the Council in fostering trade relations with China is the story told by Christian Talley in his important and entertaining book Forgotten Vanguard.” Gene Theroux, senior counsel emeritus, Baker & McKenzie LLP “Talley was the first researcher to analyze the records of the NCUSCT and to place them within the larger context of U.S.-China relations. . . . a very impressive contribution to understanding the historical background to what has become on of the most important international issues of our time.” —H-Diplo Roundtable Review

Author Information

Christian Talley is a writer and independent scholar. He received a graduate degree from the University of Oxford.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available