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Book Review
A Conflict Perpetuated: China Policy during the Kennedy Years. By Noam Kochavi. (Westport: Praeger, 2002. xxxiv, 279 pp. $67.95, ISBN 0-275-97216-X.)
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This first book-length analysis of John F. Kennedy's China policy is a timely and judicious contribution to the literature. Noam Kochavi sheds light on Kennedy's "China mind-set" and his team's "China modus operandi" (p. xxiv) and on the way they had an impact on the decision-making process that ultimately perpetuated the conflict with China. |
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The study reveals a president who adopted a harder line than his apologists have suggested; a secretary of state with a subtler attitude than critiques of him have allowed; and a notably "fragmented and reactive" policy process (p. 245). |
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