by Robert P. Parker (Author), Don Shapiro (Author)

The book's title "Derecognition" is the word used by everyone in this story to describe the unprecedented event at the heart of the book - the termination of diplomatic relations with a friendly country. The subtitle tells what the book is about - "How Americans in Taiwan surmounted multiple crises and helped shape the Taiwan Relations Act when the U.S. broke diplomatic relations with a loyal ally."