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
Published/​Created
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2009.
Description
xxix, 461 p. ; 24 cm.

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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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • pt. 1. Russia
  • "Soviet Sam" and the émigrés
  • 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
  • 9780826218537 (alk. paper)
  • 0826218539 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2009004941
OCLC
277196214
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