Includes bibliographical references (pages 2015-223) and index.
Contents
Leaders and presidents -- Hail to the chief: FDR's leadership style -- "The most important factor in the whole east": FDR's vision for Sino-US relations -- A vision without a plan: FDR's wartime China policies -- "The deckhand diplomat": Ambassador Gauss and General Stilwell in China -- Washington mandarins: FDR's personal representatives to China -- Rubberlegs, the peanut and the limeys: FDR's summit diplomacy -- The changing of the guard.
Summary
At the President's Pleasure re-examines Franklin Roosevelt's leadership of US diplomacy with China in World War II using new perspectives on aspects of Sino-US relations.
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