Mao and the Sino-Soviet Split, 19591973 - A New History

This study provides a comprehensive examination of the breaking of political relations between China and the Soviet Union. Based on archival materials from several countries—particularly China—the authors analyze the split from 1959, when visible cracks in the relationship appeared, to China’s foreign policy shift toward the United States in 1973.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Open Struggles and Temporary Truce, 1959-1961
Chapter 2: The Collapse of Party Relations and the Deterioration of State Relations, October 1961 to July 1964
Chapter 3: Mao's Changing Perception of Internal Disturbances and External Threats, from mid-1963 to the End of 1964
Chapter 4: The East Asian Communist Parties and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1964-1965
Chapter 5: The Schism of the International Communist Movement and the Collapse of the Alliance, 1965
Chapter 6: The Breakdown of State Relations and Sino-Soviet Military Confrontations, 1966-1973
Epilogue: The Causes of the Breakdown and its Consequences

About the author

Danhui Li is professor of history at East China Normal University.Yafeng Xia is professor of history at Long Island University.

Summary

This study provides a comprehensive examination of the breaking of political relations between China and the Soviet Union. Based on archival materials from several countries—particularly China—the authors analyze the split from 1959, when visible cracks in the relationship appeared, to China’s foreign policy shift toward the United States in 1973.

Product details

• Authors: Danhui Li, Danhui Xia Li, Li Danhui, Yafeng Xia, Xia Yafeng
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781498511667
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1166-7
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series; Harvard Cold War Studies Book; The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; China, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, International Relations, Asian History, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era