TY  - BOOK
AU  - Griffin,Nicholas
TI  - Ping-pong diplomacy: the secret history behind the game that changed the world 
SN  - 9781451642773
AV  - E183.8.C5 G736 2014
U1  - 327.73051 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scribner
KW  - Table tennis
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - fast
KW  - sears
KW  - China
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-323) and index; The West. Not-so-humble beginnings ; Gentlemanly rebel ; Roast beef and Russia ; The dangers of derision ; Table tennis and Trotsky ; Culture and the coming war ; Suspect ; Brothers ; The end of the game? ; The Jewish question -- The East. Table tennis bandits ; The Trojan dove ; The rise of Asia ; Tiny tornadoes ; Reconnaissance ; The golden game ; Setting the table ; The end of brotherhood ; Preparation ; Sacrifice ; Nourishing the team ; Ping-pong espionage ; Cheery martial music ; The chance to shine ; Fallout ; Heroes of the nation ; Spreading the gospel ; The grinding halt ; Under pressure ; House of cards ; Death to the doubters ; Down to the country -- East meets West. The world at war ; The seeds of peace ; Long hair, light heart ; Could the Great Wall crumble? ; A measured coincidence ; An invitation home ; Surprise ; Decisions to be made ; The worries ; Crossing the borders ; All eyes on America ; Tension ; Nixon's game ; Political ping-pong -- Aftermath. Return game ; Capital performance ; United Nations ; The hippie opportunist ; The heights ; The costs
N2  - Examines how an aristocratic British spy circumvented more than 20 years of antagonistic foreign policy between China and the United States to further a fateful Communist agenda during the World Table Tennis Championships, revealing how players were tortured and murdered throughout the Cultural Revolution
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2013362518-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1408/2013362518-d.html
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