The Amerasia Papers: Some Problems in the History of US-China Relations
Berkeley, California: Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1971. First Edition, First Printing.
Former U.S. diplomat John Service (1909-1999) discusses his persecution by the U.S. government in the Amerasia magazine case, in which the government tried unsuccessfully to charge him with espionage.
Much of this monograph is his pushback against a U.S. Senate subcommittee report that dredged up old allegations against Service and other China hands. (Right-wing forces in Congress and the "China Lobby" wanted to derail the warming of Washington-Beijing relations.)
Service also analyzes the many blunders of U.S. government policy toward China before Mao's forces took power in 1949. He had correctly predicted the Communist victory over the Nationalists during the Chinese civil war.
A publication of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. At the time of publication, Service was curator of the center's library and was editor of its publications.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 inches; 230 x 153 mm), 220 pages, in illustrated gray wrappers (soft cover).
CONDITION: Sunning to spine and top of front and rear panels, closed tear to front panel, internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better. Item #998
Price: $30.00