U. S.-Sino relations in the twentieth century have been driven by a constant battle between the ideological and pragmatic components of the American psyche-a crisis of conscience. The motivation behind U. S. policy has swung from pure profit, to regional balance of power, to rampant paranoia and the red scare, and back towards regional stability, all within the span of 95 years. The multi-polar world we now occupy by no means eased this internal struggle nor altered the rationale set out 50 years ago for productive U. S.-Sino relations-the maintenance of a regional balance of power. The recent victory of democracy over communism in Eastern Europe served to stoke the fires of idealism thus making the U. S. ideological struggle more complex. | U. s.-sino Relations In The Twentieth Century by Mark D Still, Paperback | Indigo Chapters | U.s.-sino Relations In The Twentieth Century by Mark D Still, Paperback | Indigo Chapters