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Author Luthi, Lorenz M., 1970- author.

Title The Sino-Soviet split : Cold War in the communist world / Lorenz M. Luthi
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 375 pages) : maps
Series Princeton studies in international history and politics
Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Contents Historical background, 1921-1955 -- The collapse of socialist unity, 1956-1957 -- Mao's challenges, 1958 -- Visible cracks, 1959 -- World revolution and the collapse of economic relations, 1960 -- Ambiguous truce, 1961-1962 -- Mao resurgent, 1962-1963 -- The American factor, 1962-1963 -- Khrushchev's fall and the collapse of party relations, 1963-1966 -- Vietnam and the collapse of the military alliance, 1964-1966
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. In The Sino-Soviet Split, Lorenz Lüthi 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, Lüthi 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-360) and index
Notes English
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Subject Communism -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Communism
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- China
Subject China
Soviet Union
Sowjetunion -- Aussenpolitik -- China -- Geschichte 1955-1966.
China -- Aussenpolitik -- Sowjetunion -- Geschichte 1955-1966.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400837625
1400837626
1282964755
9781282964754
9786612964756
6612964758