The Making of the Taiwan Relations Act: Twenty Years in Retrospect

by David Tawei Lee

In 1979 the United States Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which reaffirmed US commitment to Taiwan. Lee examines the making of the TRA both as a classic tug of war between the Executive and Legislative branches that characterizes the American political system, and as a paradigm
of forward-looking policy making.

228 pages, Hardcover

First published May 8, 2000