Nancy Bernkopf Tucker
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
2009
Although Washington's Taiwan policy has been outwardly clear and consistent since 1972 -- defined by the so-called communiqué framework and the Taiwan Relations Act -- Tucker shows that the actual negotiation record from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush was rife with confusion and mistrust.
Capsule Review
May/Jun
2001
Review Essay
Jan/Feb
1995
Newly released records show that L.B.J., for all his political canniness and cunning, never managed U.S. foreign policy well-even excluding the Vietnam War.
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
1994
Essay
Winter
1991
The primary importance of China to the USA has been one of the "most enduring legends" of Sino-American relations. In reality, China has been of only secondary significance, "important simply in the context of crises with other countries", and this has been reflected in the pattern of US diplomacy towards China over the title period. The end of the Cold War era requires US foreign policy to assess the importance of China afresh, and not merely as a counter-weight to Soviet power.
Capsule Review
Fall
1983
