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American Justice in Taiwan - The 1957 Riots and Cold War Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
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American Justice in Taiwan - The 1957 Riots and Cold War Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
Stephen G. Craft
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace
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Loot Price R844
Discovery Miles 8 440
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On May 23, 1957, US Army Sergeant Robert Reynolds was acquitted of
murdering Chinese officer Liu Ziran in Taiwan. Reynolds did not
deny shooting Liu but claimed self-defense and, like all members of
US military assistance and advisory groups, was protected under
diplomatic immunity. Reynolds's acquittal sparked a series of riots
across Taiwan that became an international crisis for the
Eisenhower administration and raised serious questions about the
legal status of US military forces positioned around the world. In
American Justice in Taiwan, author Stephen G. Craft provides the
first comprehensive study of the causes and consequences of the
Reynolds trial and the ensuing protests. After more than a century
of what they perceived as unfair treaties imposed by Western
nations, the Taiwanese regarded the special legal status of
resident American personnel with extreme distrust. While Eisenhower
and his advisers considered Taiwan to be a vital ally against
Chinese communism, the US believed that the Taiwanese government
had instigated the unrest in order to protest the verdict and
demand legal jurisdiction over GIs. Regardless, the events that
transpired in 1957 exposed the enormous difficulty of applying the
US's Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) across cultures.
Employing meticulous research from both Western and Chinese
archives, Craft demonstrates that the riots were only anti-American
in that the Taiwanese rejected the UCMJ, the affording of
diplomatic immunity to occupying US forces, and the military
courts' interpretation of self-defense. His compelling study
provides a new lens through which to examine US--Taiwan relations
in the 1950s, US policy in Asia, and the incredibly charged and
complex question of the legal status of US troops on foreign soil.
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