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SUMMARY:The End of Engagement: America's China Experts and U.S. Strategy S
 ince 1989 - Professor David McCourt\, UC-Davis
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CONTACT:Dr Ayse Zarakol
DESCRIPTION:After the Cold War\, America's leaders hoped China could be in
 tegrated into the rules-based international order and might even become mo
 re like the West. By the late 2010s\, their optimism was dead. In The End 
 of Engagement\, David M. McCourt traces the intense personal\, professiona
 l\, and policy struggles over China in U.S. foreign policy since 1989. Dra
 wing on 120 original interviews with America's China experts--from former 
 policymakers and diplomats to prominent think tankers and academics--McCou
 rt chronicles the rise and recent fall of "engagement" with Beijing. While
  there are numerous explanations for why America moved away from engagemen
 t with China in the last decade\, McCourt shows that none consider how imp
 ortant foreign policy knowledge communities have been in impacting policy.
  Adopting a unique\, sociological perspective\, this book offers an intima
 te look into the world of America's national security experts as they have
  struggled to make sense of changes in China and the remaining question of
  what comes next.
LOCATION:Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road (Sidgwick Site)\, Room SG2
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