| Description |
xii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-226) and index. |
| Contents |
Why Lee Teng-Hui? -- Taiwan: archipelago, colony, stateless nation -- Childhood: seeking a wider world -- War, marriage, and the Christian gospel -- The Cornell years: democracy experienced -- Politicizing a technocrat -- Goethe's Faust in Taiwan: transformed into a Zen-Christian governor -- Dismantling the party state: from liberalization to democracy -- Democracy in Taiwan -- Military and cross-strait strategy, 1991-2000 -- Inventing the "new" Taiwan -- Lee's stewardship of Taiwan: from one-party rule to democracy -- Why is Lee a statesman? |
| Subject |
Lee, Teng-hui.
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Presidents -- Taiwan -- Biography.
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Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1988-2000.
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| ISBN |
9781591144274 (alkaline paper) |
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1591144272 (alkaline paper) |
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