China Confidential: American Diplomats and Sino-American Relations, 1945-1996

Compiled and Edited by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

Paper, 638 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-10631-3
$30.00 / £17.50

January, 2001
Cloth, 638 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-10630-6
$83.50 / £49.00

"A coherent and informative insider's view of a half century of Sino-American relations. . . . Veteran China watchers will enjoy the stories of people who for many were old friends, and those new to the field will enjoy a wonderful introduction to an insider's view of an important era of diplomatic history." — China Quarterly

"These recollections . . . greatly enhance our knowledge and appreciation of professional diplomats who devoted—and sometimes sacrificed—their careers to the pursuit of constructive relations between the United States and China." — The China Journal

"This book is to be commended for its usefulness to both the academic community and policy circles." — Wei-Chin Lee, Pacific Affairs

"An insider’s view of how American policy toward China has been made over the last seven decades, China Confidential is an indispensable source for anyone wishing to understand the formal communiqués, dispatches, and memoranda that constitute the raw materials of diplomatic history and international relations." — Marc Gallicchio, Villanova University, author of The African American Encounter With Japan and China

Related Subjects

• Politics and Political Theory

About the Author

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker is professor of history at Georgetown University and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. She is one of the nation’s leading authorities on Sino-American relations and the author of Patterns in the Dust and Uncertain Friendships: Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States, winner of the Bernath Prize of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.

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