Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks During the Cold War, 1949-1972A very good attempt to give a coherent and consistent account of the China U. S. contacts during the Cold War. . . . [R]eaders will certainly gain a better understanding of this interesting and intricate history. Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the United States Few relationships during the Cold War were as dramatic as that between the United States and China. During World War II, China was America's ally against Japan. By 1949, the two countries