Download or read book Battling Western Imperialism written by Michael M. Sheng and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past two decades a number of historians have argued that the CCP was a nationalist movement and that the United States missed its opportunity to establish friendly relations because U.S. leaders were blinded by fears of an international Communist threat. In his provocative book, Michael Sheng strongly challenges this position.