Mao and the Sino–Soviet Partnership, 1945–1959

Zhihua Shen is professor of history and director of the Center for Cold War International History Studies at East China Normal University. Yafeng Xia is professor of history at Long Island University, Brooklyn.

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.

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