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In Feb 1972 President Nixon arrived in Beijing for what Chairman Mao Zedong called the "week that evolved the earth". Using lately declassified resources from American, Chinese, Western, and Soviet archives, Chris Tudda's A Chilly War Turning Point unveils new information regarding the relationship forged by the Nixon supervision and the Chinese government that considerably altered the trajectory of the Chilly War. Between the years 1969 and 1972, Nixon's national security team actively fostered the united states rapprochement with China. Tudda argues that Nixon, in striking opposition to the position of his predecessors, accepted the mutual advantages of restoring the Sino-US romance and was established to establish a collaboration with China. In a contested but computed move, Nixon steadily eased trade and travel restrictions to China. Mao responded in kind, albeit slowly, by liberating prisoners, inviting the united states ping-pong team to Beijing, and secretly hosting Secretary of Talk about Henry Kissinger prior to Nixon's momentous visit. A Chilly War Turning Point is the first e book to use the Nixon tapes and Kissinger cell phone conversations to demonstrate the intricacy of early on Sino-US relationships. The e book is posted by Louisiana Talk about University Press.