TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elleman,Bruce A.
TI  - Taiwan Straits standoff: 70 years of PRC-Taiwan Cross-Strait tensions 
SN  - 9781839980909
U1  - 327.51051249 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Anthem Press
KW  - China
KW  - Relations
KW  - Taiwan
KW  - Taiwan Strait
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - History, Military
N2  - "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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