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Summary:

The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global context, but Jeremy Friedman's "Shadow Cold War" delves deeper into the era to examine the competition between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China for the leadership of the world revolution. When a world of newly independent states emerged from decolonization desperately poor and politically disorganized, Moscow and Beijing turned their focus to attracting these new entities, setting the stage for Sino-Soviet competition. Based on archival research from ten countries, including new materials from Russia and China, many no longer accessible to researchers, this book examines how China sought to mobilize Asia, Africa, and Latin America to seize the revolutionary mantle from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union adapted to win it back, transforming the nature of socialist revolution in the process.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: A tale of two revolutions
• Divergent agendas: Peaceful coexistence versus anti-imperialism, 1956-1960
• New frontiers: Development and struggle, 1961-1963
• Battle for supremacy: Competition and adaptation, 1963-1965
• The Cultural Revolution and its discontents, 1966-1969
• "Three worlds" versus the three "D"s: Détente, development, and disarmament, 1970-1976
• Conclusion: The revolution is dead; long live the revolution.

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Jeremy Scott, 1982- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Shadow Cold War: the Sino-Soviet competition for the Third World [by Friedman, J.S.]

Related Series:

New Cold War history

Subjects:

Ideology — China — History — 20th century

Ideology — Soviet Union — History

China — Foreign relations — Soviet Union

Soviet Union — Foreign relations — China

China — Foreign relations — Developing countries

Soviet Union — Foreign relations — Developing countries

Developing countries — Foreign relations — China

Developing countries — Foreign relations — Soviet Union

China — Foreign relations — 1949-1976

Soviet Union — Foreign relations — 1953-1975

1900-1999

Diplomatic relations

Ideology

China

Developing countries

Soviet Union

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DS740.5.S65 F74 2015eb

ISBNs:

9781469625188 (electronic bk.)
1469625180 (electronic bk.)
9781469623764 [Invalid]
1469623765 [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: 40025200015

OCLC Numbers:

925337906

Other Control Numbers:

EBC4322259 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12428350