China Calls
by Anne Collins Walker
Much is known about Nixon's actual visit to China, but the story of how it all came together has never been told until China Calls. The advance team conquered a monumental task, allowing this historic event to take place. Get a rare glimpse of the guarded intricacies and exact...
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Publisher Description
Much is known about Nixon's actual visit to China, but the story of how it all came together has never been told until China Calls. The advance team conquered a monumental task, allowing this historic event to take place. Get a rare glimpse of the guarded intricacies and exacting details of White House travel. This 40th Anniversary Edition has an updated epilogue and additional photos.
Author Biography
Anne Collins Walker is the wife of Ron Walker. She is a blogger and writer who is active in politics, parks, and community service. Anne and Ron now divide their time between Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Tucson, Arizona.
Review
Ron Walker's work directly increased the prospects for a successful Presidential visit... I am so pleased that the Richard Nixon Library... is publishing this insider account of one of modern history's last true expeditions into the unknown. -- Richard Nixon, President of the United States Richard Nixon's journey to China in 1972 was one of [the twentieth]century's most important and dramatic events in the big power game.China Calls is an absolutely unique and fascinating look at how that great permission was put together, and made to work. -- Hugh Sidey, TIME MAGAZINE
Long Description
In 1971 the United States had no diplomatic relations or established route of communications with China. Despite that, in a stunning act of diplomacy, President Richard Nixon announced that he would travel to China to meet with its leaders. Ron Walker, director of the White House Advance Office, was chosen to make it all happen. This is the story of Walker and his team.China Calls is based on the actual transcripts of telephone calls between the advance team in Peking and the White House in Washington. Much is known about Nixon's actual visit, but the story of how it all came together has never been told until China Calls. This 40th Anniversary Edition has an updated epilogue and additional photos.
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Ron Walker's work directly increased the prospects for a successful Presidential visit. . . I am so pleased that the Richard Nixon Library. . . is publishing this insider account of one of modern history's last true expeditions into the unknown.
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