Chang, Gordon H. "Friends and Enemies: The United States, China and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972." Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1990.

Cohen, Warren I. "America’s Response to China: A history of Sino-American Relations. "3^rd ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.

Congressional Quarterly Inc. "China: U.S. Policy Since 1945." Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1980.

Fairbank, John K., ed. "The United States and China. "4^th ed. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1983.

Foot, Rosemary. "The Practice of Power: U.S. Relations with China Since 1949." New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Mann, James. " About Face: A History of America’s Curious Relationship with China, from Nixon to Clinton." New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

Schaller, Michael. "The United States and China in the Twentieth Century." 2^nd ed. NY: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf. "Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States, 1945-1992: Uncertain Friendships." New York: Twayne Publishers, 1994.

Nixon

Ambrose, Stephen E. "Nixon. "3 vols. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988-1991.

Hoff, Joan. "Nixon Reconsidered. " New York: Basic Books, 1994.

Nixon, Richard M. " RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon." New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978.

Nixon Visit to China

Frankel, Max. The Times of My Life and My Life with the Times. New York: Random House, 1999.

Kissinger

Hersh, Seymour M. "The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House." New York: Summit Books, 1983.

Isaacson, Walter. "Kissinger: A Biography." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Kissinger, Henry A. "White House Years." Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1979.

Schulzinger, Robert D. "Henry Kissinger: Doctor of Diplomacy." New York: Columbia University Press, 1989.

Chou En-lai

Wilson, Dick. "Chou: The Story of Zhou Enlai, 1898-1976." London: Hutchinson, 1984.

Mao Tse-tung

Breslin, Shaun G." Mao. "London/New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 1998.

Terrill, Ross. "Mao: A Biography." 1^st Touchstone edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

General Reference: U.S.-China Relations

Findling, John H. "Dictionary of American Diplomatic History. "2^nd ed". "New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.

Hook, Brian, ed." The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China. "2^nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Jentleson, Bruce W. and Thomas G. Paterson, eds. "Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations." New York: Oxford University Press, 1997

Sullivan, Lawrence R. "Historical Dictionary of the People’s Republic of China: 1949-1997. " Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1997.