American Historiography of the US Foreign Policy on the PRC, 1949–1991

Abstract

The article considers the American historiography of the US foreign policy on the China in 1949–1991. He lights main trends of researches in the American historiography. The author gives an analysis of opinions of the American researchers on the US foreign policy on the PRC in 1949–1991. Over the 70 years, a circle of scientists constantly focusing on the research of the US foreign policy on the China, its principles, priorities and mechanisms has taken shape in the American studies. Scientists of that time were clamped in the ideological framework, which as a result reflected in historical research. However, this did not prevent historians from exploring current problems and discovering new sources. This influenced the development of American history studies. To reflect the trends, generalizing and some individual works on this topic are analyzed. The relationship between the ideological climate and orientation in historiography has been established.