Title Distorted mirrors : Americans and their relations with Russia and China in the twentieth century / Donald E. Davis, Eugene P. Trani.

Publication Info.	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (xxix, 460 pages)
Summary	"Drawing on memoirs, archives, and interviews, Davis and Trani trace American prejudice toward Russia and China by focusing on the views of influential writers and politicians over the course of the twentieth century, showing where American images originated and how they evolved"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-445) and index.
Contents	pt. 1. Russia -- "Soviet Sam" and the émigrés -- The boys from Riga -- Assignment in Utopia -- Honeymooners -- Chums -- Mr. X -- Gray eminence -- part 2. China -- Missionary diplomacy -- Pragmatist in China -- Red star over China -- The novelist and the ambassador -- The president and the generalissimo -- Luce's man in Chungking -- Gurus -- Old conclusions, new beginnings.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union.
	United States -- Relations -- China.
	Soviet Union -- Foreign public opinion, American.
	China -- Foreign public opinion, American.
	Politicians -- United States.
	Authors, American -- Political activity -- United States.
	United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
	Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States.
	China -- Relations -- United States.
	Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	HISTORY.
	Authors, American -- Political activity. (OCoLC)fst00821783
	Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
	Politicians. (OCoLC)fst01069915
	Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01082785
	Public opinion, American. (OCoLC)fst01354087
	International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
	China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
	Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Trani, Eugene P.
Other Form:	Print version: Davis, Donald E. Distorted mirrors. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2009 9780826218537 (DLC) 2009004941 (OCoLC)277196214
ISBN	9780826271891 (electronic bk.)
	0826271898 (electronic bk.)

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