The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World

398 Pages·2008·1.683 MB·English

by  Lorenz M. Lüthi

The Sino-Soviet Split
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The Sino-Soviet split : cold war in the communist world / Lorenz M. Luthi.
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Contents
Maps viii
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations and Terms xiii
Transliteration and Diacritical Marks xix
Introduction 1
Chapter One
Historical Background, 1921–1955 19
Chapter Two
The Collapse of Socialist Unity, 1956–1957 46
Chapter Three
Mao’s Challenges, 1958 80
Chapter Four
Visible Cracks, 1959 114
Chapter Five
World Revolution and the Collapse of Economic Relations, 1960 157
Chapter Six
Ambiguous Truce, 1961–1962 194
Chapter Seven
Mao Resurgent, 1962–1963 219
Chapter Eight
The American Factor, 1962–1963 246
Chapter Nine
Khrushchev’s Fall and the Collapse of Party Relations, 1963–1966 273
Chapter Ten
Vietnam and the Collapse of the Military Alliance, 1964–1966 302
Conclusion 340
Essay on the Sources 353
Index 361
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