I picked this book up recently in its new paperback edition, to do some research for an article. A Great Wall deals with one of the crucial issues of our day Sino-US relations. It is a fly-on-the-wall insight into some of the great misunderstandings that have happened over the years between the two.
Tyler is a hardened journalist and in the best tradition of US reporting has got access to vast numbers of sensitive documents and spoken to the people who shaped events.
The book begins with the Kissinger-Nixon-Mao era and ends with Clinton. It offers a fascinating look at the human side of foreign policy. It is full of the events that go...
