Distorted mirrors : Americans and their relations with Russia and China in the twentieth century / Donald E. Davis, Eugene P. Trani.

Author
Davis, Donald E., 1936- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
Description
1 online resource (494 p.)

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Summary note
"Drawing on memoirs, archives, and interviews, Davis and Trani trace American prejudice toward Russia and China by focusing on the views of influential writers and politicians over the course of the twentieth century, showing where American images originated and how they evolved"--Provided by publisher.
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Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-445) and index.
Language note
English
Contents
  • pt. 1. Russia
  • "Soviet Sam" and the emigres
  • The boys from Riga
  • Assignment in Utopia
  • Honeymooners
  • Chums
  • Mr. X
  • Gray eminence
  • pt. 2. China
  • Missionary diplomacy
  • Pragmatist in China
  • Red star over China
  • The novelist and the ambassador
  • The president and the generalissimo
  • Luce's man in Chungking
  • Gurus
  • Old conclusions, new beginnings.
ISBN
0-8262-7189-8
OCLC
609687937
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