Taiwan's statesman : Lee Teng-Hui and democracy in Asia / Richard C. Kagan.
Taiwan's statesman : Lee Teng-Hui and democracy in Asia / Richard C. Kagan.
Taiwan's statesman : Lee Teng-Hui and democracy in Asia / Richard C. Kagan.
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Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2007.
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N951.24905/15
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Why Lee Teng-Hui? -- Taiwan: archipelago, colony, stateless nation -- Childhood: seeking a wider world -- War, marriage, and the Christian gospel -- The Cornell years: democracy experienced -- Politicizing a technocrat -- Goethe's Faust in Taiwan: transformed into a Zen-Christian governor -- Dismant...
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Publisher
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2007.
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"Richard C. Kagan describes in detail Lee's struggle to reinvent Taiwan's culture and political system by advocating an independent sovereign nation with universal values of human rights, democracy, freedom, and economic justice. He offers new insights into the role Lee played in the volatile Taiwan Strait crisis and his skills as a diplomat to avo...
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Taiwan's statesman : Lee Teng-Hui and democracy in Asia / Richard C. Kagan.
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Lee Teng-Hui and democracy in Asia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N951.24905/15
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74VKzBEXjRK3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzBEXjRK3
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9781591144274 (alk. paper)
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951.24905092 B
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991023602179702626
