MacMillan, Margaret <br/><br/>
Nixon and Mao  the week that changed the world 
Margaret MacMillan 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York  Random House  2007 
 - xxii, 404 p., [16] p. of plates 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-386) and index. 
<br/><br/> "This book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century: In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for today's complex relationship between the countries. That monumental meeting--during what Nixon called "the week that changed the world"--could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless; assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. And behind them lay the complex history of two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812970579 140006127X 9781400061273 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 <br/>Mao, Zedong 1893-1976 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politics -- International Relations -- Sino-American rapprochement