Mao's China and the Cold war / Chen Jian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Jian, 1952-

Series:

New Cold War history.

The new Cold war history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

China--Foreign relations--1949-.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Other Title:

Mao's China & the Cold war

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2001.

Summary:

Mao's China and the Cold War

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Chinese Civil War and the Rise of the Cold War in East Asia, 1945-1946; CHAPTER 2 The Myth of America's Lost Chance in China; CHAPTER 3 Mao's Continuous Revolution and the Rise and Demise of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1949-1963; CHAPTER 4 China's Strategies to End the Korean War, 1950-1953; CHAPTER 5 China and the First Indochina War, 1950-1954; CHAPTER 6 Beijing and the Polish and Hungarian Crises of 1956; CHAPTER 7 Beijing and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958; CHAPTER 8 China's Involvement in the Vietnam War, 1964-1969

CHAPTER 9 The Sino-American Rapprochement, 1969-1972EPILOGUE: The Legacies of China's Cold War Experience; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-372) and index.

ISBN:

9780807898901

0807898902

OCLC:

593304469