American Justice in Taiwan: The 1957 Riots and Cold War Foreign Policy

On May 23, 1957, US Army Sergeant Robert Reynolds was acquitted of murdering Chinese officer Liu Ziran in Taiwan. Reynolds did not deny shooting Liu but claimed self-defense and, like all members of US military assistance and advisory groups, was protected under diplomatic immunity. Reynolds's acquittal sparked a series of riots across Taiwan that became an international crisis for the Eisenhower administration and raised serious questions about the legal status of US military forces positioned

Author: Stephen G. Craft
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 01/29/2016
Pages: 284
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780813166353

About the Author

Stephen G. Craft, professor of security studies and international affairs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, is the author of V. K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China.

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