Bush, Richard C.,  1947- <br/><br/>
Untying the knot :  making peace in the Taiwan Strait / 
 Making peace in the Taiwan Strait 
Richard C. Bush. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings Institution Press,  c2005. 
 - xii, 416 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Getting to the present -- Economic cooperation, political deadlock -- The sovereignty issue -- The security issue -- Domestic politics and cross-strait relations -- Decisionmaking systems -- The leverage game -- The U.S. factor -- Muting pressures, reconciling differences -- If a settlement is not possible? -- Choices ahead. 
<br/><br/> "A comprehensive analysis of the paradoxical relationship between Taiwan and China, characterized by social and economic interaction and political and military tensions, and the diplomatic diffidence of the United States in the face of its high strategic stakes"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780815712886 (alk. paper) 081571288X (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005012008 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Taiwan--Relations--China.<br/>China--Relations--Taiwan.<br/>Taiwan--Relaciones--China.<br/>China--Relaciones--Taiwan.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>435 DS 799.63  / B978u 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.951249051