About Face by James Mann
Mann's colorful and detailed narrative, studded with dozens of vivid anecdotes, reveals how ineptly we] have managed our ties with the world's most populous nation. --The Washington Post Book World Drawing on hundreds of previously classified documents, scores of interviews, and his own experience, James Mann, former Los Angeles Times Beijing bureau chief, presents the fascinating inside story of contemporary U.S.-China relations. President Nixon and Secretary of State Kissinger began their diplomacy with China in an attempt to find a way out of Vietnam. The remaining Cold War presidents saw China as an ally against the Soviet Union and looked askance at its violations of international principles. With the end of communism and China's continued human rights abuses, the U.S has failed to forge a genuinely new relationship with China. This is the essential story of contemporary U.S./China policy.
As a professor of literature, James Mann taught at universities in the U.S. and abroad. He later served a decade as Curator of the Las Vegas Art Museum. His thinking on the most advanced frontier of the fine arts today is fully articulated in his Manifesto of Vandalism, also published by Bell Tower Editions. A literary exemplar of Vandalism, Tombstone Confidential is Mann's first book of poetry, no part of which has been previously published.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679768616 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679768610 |
| Title | About Face |
| Author | James Mann |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2000-02-15 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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