RADHA SINHA has written extensively on Asian economies, particularly China, India and Japan, and has worked as a consultant for the F.A.O. and the Commonwealth Secretariat. However, he prides himself most for being a teacher for over half a century - teaching in India, the United Kingdom and Japan.

'A prodigiously powerful and disturbing book, making an unanswerable case that for a secure international future the US needs to resurrect the values on which it was founded. ' - Mark Elvin, Australian National University 'This no-nonsense, informative history of Sino-American relations since the nineteenth century pulls no ppunches as to which nation bears the onus for long-term tensions between them. Its argument that America and China need, and can build, a strategic partnership is powerful and convincing. Radha Sinha's even-handed interpretations are astute and thought-provoking.' - Ramon H. Myers, Hoover Institute, Stanford University ' An experienced economist and Asia-watcher who is not afraid to challenge conventional thinking, Radha Sinha takes us through the past, present and future of the crucial Sino-American relationship in this thought-provoking and well-researched volume.' - Brian Bridges, Lingnan University, Hong Kong '[A] comprehensive but succinct historical and thematic survey of US-China relations...' - International Affairs

• Why Does America Need Enemies? America's Discovery: The Globalization of Trade and of Misery Enemies Become Strategic Partners Clinton and Bush: Contrasts in World View China as an Economic Threat Human Rights: A Tool of Diplomacy China as a Security Threat Conclusion