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Mao's china and the cold war. / Chen Jian

By: Jian, ChenContributor(s): Jian, ChenMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: : Atlantic Publishers & Distributors | ; 7/22 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Publication details: London :University of North Carolina Press 2001Description: x,400p. 24cmISBN: 9780807849323Subject(s): Political Science | International relations | China and the Cold War History | China -- Foreign relations -- 1949- | Cold War | Diplomatic relations | Buitenlandse betrekkingen | Political Science -- Government -- International | History - Asia -- China | Koude OorlogDDC classification: 327.51 JAI

Contents:

The Chinese civil war and the rise of the Cold War in East Asia, 1945-1946 -- The myth of America's lost chance in China -- Mao's continuous revolution and the rise and demise of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1949-1963 -- China's strategies to end the Korean War, 1950-1953 -- China and the first Indo China war, 1950-1954 -- Beijing and the Polish and Hungarian crises of 1956 -- Beijing and the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1958 -- China's involvement in the Vietnam War, 1964-1969 -- The Sino-American reapprochement, 1969-1972 -- The legacies of China's Cold War experience.

Summary: This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The success of China's Communist revolution in 1949 set the stage, Chen says. The Korean War, the Taiwan Strait crisis and the Viet

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The Chinese civil war and the rise of the Cold War in East Asia, 1945-1946 --
The myth of America's lost chance in China --
Mao's continuous revolution and the rise and demise of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1949-1963 --
China's strategies to end the Korean War, 1950-1953 --
China and the first Indo China war, 1950-1954 --
Beijing and the Polish and Hungarian crises of 1956 --
Beijing and the Taiwan Strait crisis of 1958 --
China's involvement in the Vietnam War, 1964-1969 --
The Sino-American reapprochement, 1969-1972 --
The legacies of China's Cold War experience.

This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. The success of China's Communist revolution in 1949 set the stage, Chen says. The Korean War, the Taiwan Strait crisis and the Viet

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