Mao and the SinoSoviet Partnership, 19451959

Chapter 1: Political and Economic Foundations, 1945-1949
Chapter 2: Conflicts of Interest and the Creation of Alliance Treaty, 1949-1950
Chapter 3: Differences and Cooperation during the Korean War, 1950-1953
Chapter 4: Khrushchev’s China Policy and the Honeymoon, 1954-1956
Chapter 5: The 20th Soviet Party Congress and the CCP’s Eighth Congress, 1956
Chapter 6: The Hungarian Crisis and the CCP’s Political Support to the Soviets, 1956-1957
Chapter 7: The Soviet Aid and Restrictions to China’s Nuclear Weapons Program, 1954-1960
Chapter 8: Mao, Khrushchev and the Moscow Conference, 1957
Chapter 9: Effects of the Great Leap Forward, the People’s Commune Movement and Disagreements over Domestic Policies, 1957-1959
Chapter 10: The Bombardment of Jinmen, the Sino-Indian Border Conflicts and Disagreements over Foreign Policies, 1958-1959

This book...is essential reading for all students of the Cold War. The deeper questions it raises about the relationship between domestic politics, national interests, ideology, and foreign policy have long provided grist for debates about American foreign policy, but the foreign policies of the Soviet Union and China have not yet received similarly sophisticated treatment from historians. The attempt to do so in this book by writing this history from a Chinese perspective is perhaps its greatest contribution.... This new volume by Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia is an amazing achievement in the field of Cold War studies. There is nothing else that matches its breadth, coverage, international scope, and detail in one volume.... Producing this volume is a monumental achievement; scholars will read, agree or disagree, and appreciate it for years to come.... The book is simply too rich to review in depth.... This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Sino-Russian relations, past, present or future.