Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Chapter 2. GROWING PAINS: ALLIANCE FORMATION AND THE ROAD TO CONFLICT IN KOREA 28
6. Chapter 3. ALLIANCE PROBLEMS, SIGNALING, AND ESCALATION OF ASIAN CONFLICT 63
7. Chapter 4. THE BENEFITS OF COMMUNIST ALLIANCE COORDINATION AND THE CONTINUING COSTS OF U.S. ALLIANCE FORMATION, 1951–56 109
8. Chapter 5. THE SINO-SOVIET SPLIT AND PROBLEMS FOR THE UNITED STATES IN ASIA, EUROPE, AND THE AMERICAS, 1956–64 146
9. Chapter 6. FROM ESCALATION IN VIETNAM TO SINO-AMERICAN RAPPROCHEMENT, 1964–72 181
10. Chapter 7. THE FALL AND REVIVAL OF COERCIVE DIPLOMACY: SECURITY PARTNERSHIPS AND SINO-AMERICAN SECURITY RELATIONS, 1972–2009 221
11. Chapter 8. CONCLUSION 260
12. Bibliography 277
13. Index 297