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Nixon's China game /

"In February 1972, after a quarter-century of mutual antagonism between the United States and China, President Richard Nixon traveled to Beijing for an historic encounter with Chairman Mao Tse-tung. The climax of a secret White House initiative headed by Henry Kissinger, the diplomatic breakthr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whalen, Michael, 1965- (Composer)
Other Authors: Lattanzi, Bill, 1956- (Screenwriter, Producer, editor of moving work.), Simkin, Michael (Director), Percy, Norma (Producer), Lapping, Brian (procuder.), Anderson, Mark, 1942- (Producer), Drain, Margaret (Producer), Stiers, David Ogden (Narrator)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Video, [2000?]
Series:PBS Video reference library.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994 > Travel > China.
China > History > 1949-
Visits of state > China.
World politics > 1945-1989.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
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Summary:"In February 1972, after a quarter-century of mutual antagonism between the United States and China, President Richard Nixon traveled to Beijing for an historic encounter with Chairman Mao Tse-tung. The climax of a secret White House initiative headed by Henry Kissinger, the diplomatic breakthrough shocked both America's allies and its enemies. Drawing on recently declassified records and key eyewitnesses, the program recreates, step by dangerous step, the events leading up to what Nixon called "the week that changed the world.""--The American Experience website.
Item Description:Originally produced for television broadcast as a segment of The American experience in 1999.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Camera, Ray Brislin, Yang Zhiju, Ed Kadysewski (BLP); on-line editor, Adrian Brindle (BLP), Mark Steele (WGBH); music by Michael Whalen (WGBH); consultant, James Mann (BLP), Stanley Karnow (WGBH).