After Leaning to One Side

by Shen, Zhihua; Li, Danhui

• ISBN13: 9780804770873
• ISBN10: 0804770875
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-27
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

After Leaning to One Sidetraces the rise and fall of the Sino-Soviet alliance between 1949 and 1973, emphasizing tension over the Korean and Vietnam wars. Underscoring the theme of inherent conflict within the communist movement, this book shows that while that movement was an international campaign with an imposing theory and an impressive party structure, it was also a collection of sovereign states with disparate national interests. This book explains how this dissonance was further complicated by the unequal development of the Chinese and Soviet states and their communist parties, and traces some of China's actions to Mao's grasping at leadership of the communist movement after the death of Stalin.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Heydays of the Communist Alliance
The Making of an Alliance for Cold and Hot Wars	p. 3
China's Decision to Enter the Korean War	p. 24
A Troubled Partnership in War	p. 51
The Decision to End the Korean War	p. 90
The Erosion of a Brotherly Relationship
Helping-Hand Diplomacy: Soviet Experts in China	p. 117
Comrades Plus Brothers: Sino-Soviet Border Relations in the 1950s	p. 135
Unrealized Partnership: From Joint Fleet to the Great Leap Forward	p. 147
Antagonized Centers and Troubled Frontiers	p. 167
The Hierarchy of International Communism
From Wartime Allies to Peacetime Associates	p. 199
Vietnam and Chinese Policy toward the United States	p. 219
Epilogue: The Demise of a Communist Alliance	p. 247
Notes	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 313
About the Authors	p. 337
Index	p. 339
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