Taiwan: The Threatened Democracy

This book is admittedly biased in support of liberty. "Taiwan: The Threatened Democracy" focuses on U.S. relations with Taiwan and the People's Republic of China from the Mao Tse-tung era through the Cold War to the current day, and projects the island's possible future. Taiwan has long been a flashpoint in the struggle between the communist and free world. Yet even as the possibility of armed conflict between China and Taiwan increases - a conflict with great implications for the United States - a "domestic war" has sprung up between the Bush White House and its support of Taiwan, and State Department staffers who lean heavily to the side of the People's Republic of China. Key to the conflict are those who care more about making profit in China than they care about maintaining liberty in Taiwan.

Bruce Herschensohn of Los Angeles, CA Bruce Herschensohn has been a television and radio political commentator for the last two decades. Previously he served as Director of Motion Pictures for the United States Information Agency. A member of the Reagan transition team, he has received the second highest civilian award, the Distinguished Service Medal, for his government service, and now teaches at several prestigious universities.