ThetwoTaiwanStraitcrisestookplaceduringaparticularlytenseperiodoftheColdWar.Althougheachincidentwasrelativelybrief,theirconsequencesloomlarge.BasedonanalysesofnewlyavailabledocumentsfromBeijing,Taipei,andWashington,PangYangHueichallengesconventionalwisdomthatclaimsSino-USmisperceptionsofeachother’sstrategicconcernswerecriticalinthe1950s.HeunderscoresthefactthatWashington,Taipei,andBeijingwereactuallyawareofoneanother’sstrategicintentionsduringthecrises.Healsodemonstratesconclusivelythatboth“crises”canbeunderstoodasatransformationfromtacitcommunicationtotacitaccommodation.
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