Professor James C. Humes, a former White House speechwriter and State Department planner under Nixon, is currently a fellow at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. His biography of Churchill, nominated for a Pulitzer, won the Athenaeum Award. He has written thirty-two books, including Nixon's Ten Commandments of Leadership and Negotiation and Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter. Humes, who was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Center for International Scholars at the Smithsonian, has lectured on American government in over thirty universities in Asia and Latin America on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Jarvis D. Ryals, M.D., is board certified in both psychiatry and neurology, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He is a community leader in medicine and public health. While pursuing his interest in history, he has traveled widely to interview government leaders, including a former president and prime minister.

James Humes and Jarvis Ryals have turned up interesting stories and insights from both the Chinese and American sides which deepen our understanding of President Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 I. A Nixon Returns to China in 1998Chapter 4 II. Nixon has Second Thoughs on Chiang Kai-ShekChapter 5 III. Convulsion in ChinaChapter 6 IV. Nixon Returns to the World ArenaChapter 7 V. Mao: A Lion in WinterChapter 8 VI. The Handshake of HistoryChapter 9 VII. "Only a Republican President"Chapter 10 Bibliography

Professor James C. Humes, a former White House speechwriter and State Department planner under Nixon, is currently a fellow at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. His biography of Churchill, nominated for a Pulitzer, won the Athenaeum Award. He has written thirty-two books, including Nixon's Ten Commandments of Leadership and Negotiation and Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter. Humes, who was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Center for International Scholars at the Smithsonian, has lectured on American government in over thirty universities in Asia and Latin America on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Jarvis D. Ryals, M.D., is board certified in both psychiatry and neurology, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He is a community leader in medicine and public health. While pursuing his interest in history, he has traveled widely to interview government leaders, including a former president and prime minister.

James Humes and Jarvis Ryals have turned up interesting stories and insights from both the Chinese and American sides which deepen our understanding of President Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 I. A Nixon Returns to China in 1998Chapter 4 II. Nixon has Second Thoughs on Chiang Kai-ShekChapter 5 III. Convulsion in ChinaChapter 6 IV. Nixon Returns to the World ArenaChapter 7 V. Mao: A Lion in WinterChapter 8 VI. The Handshake of HistoryChapter 9 VII. "Only a Republican President"Chapter 10 Bibliography

Professor James C. Humes, a former White House speechwriter and State Department planner under Nixon, is currently a fellow at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. His biography of Churchill, nominated for a Pulitzer, won the Athenaeum Award. He has written thirty-two books, including Nixon's Ten Commandments of Leadership and Negotiation and Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter. Humes, who was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Center for International Scholars at the Smithsonian, has lectured on American government in over thirty universities in Asia and Latin America on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Jarvis D. Ryals, M.D., is board certified in both psychiatry and neurology, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. He is a community leader in medicine and public health. While pursuing his interest in history, he has traveled widely to interview government leaders, including a former president and prime minister.

James Humes and Jarvis Ryals have turned up interesting stories and insights from both the Chinese and American sides which deepen our understanding of President Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 I. A Nixon Returns to China in 1998Chapter 4 II. Nixon has Second Thoughs on Chiang Kai-ShekChapter 5 III. Convulsion in ChinaChapter 6 IV. Nixon Returns to the World ArenaChapter 7 V. Mao: A Lion in WinterChapter 8 VI. The Handshake of HistoryChapter 9 VII. "Only a Republican President"Chapter 10 Bibliography