Deng Xiaoping's long war : the military conflict between China and Vietnam, 1979-1991 / Xiaoming Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Xiaoming, 1951-

Series:

New Cold War history.

The New Cold War History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sino-Vietnamese Conflict, 1979.

Deng, Xiaoping, 1904-1997--Military leadership.

Deng, Xiaoping.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

2015.

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The surprise Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979 shocked the international community. In this groundbreaking book, Xiaoming Zhang traces the roots of the conflict to the historic relationship between the peoples of China and Vietnam, the ongoing Sino-Soviet dispute, and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's desire to modernize his country.

Contents:

The roots of the Sino-Vietnamese conflict

Deng Xiaoping and China's war decision

Planning and preparation for the invasion

Bloodshed over Vietnam's Northern Border Region

Reassessing the 1979 War

A decade long continued border conflict, 1980-1990

Under the shadow of the border conflict

The road to conflict termination

Conclusion: a personal retrospective on China's border war, rapprochement with Vietnam, and implications for East Asian affairs.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908436-3-0

1-4696-2339-0

OCLC:

913829157