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The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World
Lorenz M. Luthi
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Description for The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World
Paperback. Identifying the role of disputes over Marxist-Leninist ideology, this book traces their impact in sowing conflict between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China in the areas of economic development, party relations, and foreign policy. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
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 Luthi 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, Luthi 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, ... Read more
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 Luthi 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, Luthi 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691135908
SKU
V9780691135908
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About Lorenz M. Luthi
Lorenz M. Luthi is assistant professor of the history of international relations at McGill University.
Reviews for The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World
Co-Winner of the 2010 Marshall Shulman Book Prize, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Winner of the 2008 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University An astonishingly well-documented, densely detailed history of the causes and development of the Sino-Soviet conflict from virtually every relevant perspective... The Sino-Soviet Split ... Read more