Taiwan Straits Standoff: 70 Years of PRC–Taiwan Cross-Strait Tensions

Bruce A. Elleman

Taiwan Straits Standoff

70 Years of PRC–Taiwan Cross-Strait Tensions

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Following the Nationalist defeat on the mainland in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and his followers retreated to Taiwan, forming the Republic of China (ROC). Tensions with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) focused on control over a number of offshore islands, especially Quemoy (Jinmen) and Matsu (Mazu). Twice in the 1950s tensions peaked, during the first (1954–55) and second (1958) Taiwan Strait crises. This small body of water - often compared to the English Channel - separates the PRC and Taiwan, and has been the location for periodic military tensions, some threatening to end in war. Today, relations between the ROC and PRC depend on quelling tensions over the Taiwan Strait. This work provides a short, but highly relevant, history of the Taiwan Strait, and its significance today.

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Taiwan Straits Standoff

70 Years of PRC–Taiwan Cross-Strait Tensions

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations
pp ix-x

Introduction: Stalemate along the Taiwan Straits, 1949–2020
pp 1-2

1 - The Two Chinas and the Battle for Control of Offshore Islands
pp 3-22

2 - President Harry S. Truman’s Decision to Protect Taiwan
pp 23-42

3 - The First Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954–55
pp 43-64

4 - The Evacuation of the Dachen Islands, 1955
pp 65-86

5 - The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1958
pp 87-108

6 - The US Threat to Use Atomic Weapons
pp 109-120

7 - Using Taiwan to Undermine the Sino-Soviet Alliance
pp 121-134

8 - Taiwan during the Cold War and Afterward
pp 135-144

Conclusions: The Taiwan Strait’s Strategic Significance Today
pp 145-160

Appendix: Naval Terms and Acronym List
pp 161-162

Selected Bibliography
pp 163-166

Index
pp 167-173

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