The Sino-Soviet Split

by Luthi, Lorenz M.

• ISBN13: 9780691129341
• ISBN10: 0691129347
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-19
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

A decade after the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China established their formidable alliance in 1950, escalating public disagreements between them broke the international communist movement apart. InThe Sino-Soviet Split, Lorenz Luuml;thi tells the story of this rupture, which became one of the defining events of the Cold War. Identifying the primary role of disputes over Marxist-Leninist ideology, Luuml;thi traces their devastating impact in sowing conflict between the two nations in the areas of economic development, party relations, and foreign policy. The source of this estrangement was Mao Zedong's ideological radicalization at a time when Soviet leaders, mainly Nikita Khrushchev, became committed to more pragmatic domestic and foreign policies. Using a wide array of archival and documentary sources from three continents, Luuml;thi presents a richly detailed account of Sino-Soviet political relations in the 1950s and 1960s. He explores how Sino-Soviet relations were linked to Chinese domestic politics and to Mao's struggles with internal political rivals. Furthermore, Luuml;thi argues, the Sino-Soviet split had far-reaching consequences for the socialist camp and its connections to the nonaligned movement, the global Cold War, and the Vietnam War. The Sino-Soviet Splitprovides a meticulous and cogent analysis of a major political fallout between two global powers, opening new areas of research for anyone interested in the history of international relations in the socialist world.

Table of Contents

Maps	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Abbreviations and Terms	p. xiii
Transliteration and Diacritical Marks	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Historical Background, 1921-1955	p. 19
The Collapse of Socialist Unity, 1956-1957	p. 46
Mao's Challenges, 1958	p. 80
Visible Cracks, 1959	p. 114
World Revolution and the Collapse of Economic Relations, 1960	p. 157
Ambiguous Truce, 1961-1962	p. 194
Mao Resurgent, 1962-1963	p. 219
The American Factor, 1962-1963	p. 246
Khrushchev's Fall and the Collapse of Party Relations, 1963-1966	p. 273
Vietnam and the Collapse of the Military Alliance, 1964-1966	p. 302
Conclusion	p. 340
Essay on the Sources	p. 353
Index	p. 361
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