Resolving China and Taiwan's differences.(Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait)(Taiwan's Security: History and Prospects)(Book review)

Parameters | December 22, 2006| | Copyright

Of all the "flashpoints" in today's world, none poses more of a direct threat to international peace than the Taiwan Strait. The plethora of challenges facing Taiwan-China relations are splendidly assessed in two recent additions to the world of books; Richard C. Bush's Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait and Bernard D. Cole's Taiwan Security: History and Prospects.

These books are excellent companion volumes that should be read together by serious students of the political and security dynamics of relations between Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, and ...

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