Bruce A. Elleman is Research Professor at the Maritime History Department of the U.S. Naval War College

• Preface Introduction: Open Door versus Spheres of Interest 1. The Origins of the Open Door Policy in China 2. Secret Diplomacy Undermines the Open Door 3. The Growth of Nationalism in Post-1911 China 4. The Debacle at Paris 5. The 1917 October Revolution's Impact on the Open Door Policy 6. The Washington Conference, 1921-1922 7. Soviet Attempts to Open Diplomatic Relations with China and Japan 8. Soviet-Japanese Secret Diplomacy Undermines the Open Door Policy 9. The Soviet-Japanese Struggle to Partition China 10. The Open Door Policy and China's Post-war Territorial Integrity 11. The Open Door Policy and the Chinese Civil War, 1945-1949 12. The Open Door Policy in the Era of the Two Chinas Conclusions: A Reassessment of the Open Door Policy's Impact on China

Bruce A. Elleman is Research Professor at the Maritime History Department of the U.S. Naval War College

• Preface Introduction: Open Door versus Spheres of Interest 1. The Origins of the Open Door Policy in China 2. Secret Diplomacy Undermines the Open Door 3. The Growth of Nationalism in Post-1911 China 4. The Debacle at Paris 5. The 1917 October Revolution's Impact on the Open Door Policy 6. The Washington Conference, 1921-1922 7. Soviet Attempts to Open Diplomatic Relations with China and Japan 8. Soviet-Japanese Secret Diplomacy Undermines the Open Door Policy 9. The Soviet-Japanese Struggle to Partition China 10. The Open Door Policy and China's Post-war Territorial Integrity 11. The Open Door Policy and the Chinese Civil War, 1945-1949 12. The Open Door Policy in the Era of the Two Chinas Conclusions: A Reassessment of the Open Door Policy's Impact on China

Bruce A. Elleman is Research Professor at the Maritime History Department of the U.S. Naval War College

• Preface Introduction: Open Door versus Spheres of Interest 1. The Origins of the Open Door Policy in China 2. Secret Diplomacy Undermines the Open Door 3. The Growth of Nationalism in Post-1911 China 4. The Debacle at Paris 5. The 1917 October Revolution's Impact on the Open Door Policy 6. The Washington Conference, 1921-1922 7. Soviet Attempts to Open Diplomatic Relations with China and Japan 8. Soviet-Japanese Secret Diplomacy Undermines the Open Door Policy 9. The Soviet-Japanese Struggle to Partition China 10. The Open Door Policy and China's Post-war Territorial Integrity 11. The Open Door Policy and the Chinese Civil War, 1945-1949 12. The Open Door Policy in the Era of the Two Chinas Conclusions: A Reassessment of the Open Door Policy's Impact on China