Nixon in China: The Week that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan
Hart House, Great Hall (7 Hart House Circle)
Margaret MacMillan will discuss her latest book Nixon in China: The Week that Changed the World(on sale in October) and take questions from the audience.
In February 1972, Richard Nixon became the first American president to visit China, and his historic one-hour meeting with Mao Zedong made news around the world. The trip ended the breach between the United States and China, which had lasted since the Communist victory in 1949, and opened the door for trade, tourism, and cultural exchanges. Just as significantly, the visit changed the face of international relations from a bipolar Cold War to a three-sided struggle involving the Soviet Union, China, and the United States.
Drawing on newly available material from the United States and China, as well as interviews with all major survivors, MacMillan re-examines that fateful week and the extraordinary cast of characters. Timely, authoritative, and written with great narrative, Nixon in China is a landmark work of history.
Margaret MacMillan is the author of Women of the Raj, and the bestselling Paris 1919, which won the 2003 Governor General’s Award and several prestigious international prizes. She is the provost of Trinity College and professor of history at the University of Toronto.
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