US Taiwan Policy: Constructing the Triangle

The relationship between the United States and China is one of the most important issues in the twenty-first century, and is, ultimately, hostage to conditions across the Taiwan Strait. This book is the first to attempt to trace the historical origin of what is known as the ‘Taiwan issue’ in US-China relations from a constructivist perspective, based on detailed archival research.

The analysis used supplements the mainstream rationalist approach by developing a new theoretical perspectiv...