Introduction -- Truman administration -- Eisenhower administration -- Kennedy administration -- Johnson administration -- Nixon administration -- Summary and analysis of the assumptions underlying U.S. policy toward Taiwan -- U.S. assumptions about Communist China which relate to policy toward Taiwan -- The political realities of Taiwan -- Old assumptions and new realities

1. Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- United States
2. United States -- Foreign relation -- China
3. China -- Foreign relations -- United States
4. United States -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan