Cold War and revolution : Soviet-American rivalry and the origins of the Chinese Civil War, 1944-1946

Author(s)

• Westad, Odd Arne

Bibliographic Information

Cold War and revolution : Soviet-American rivalry and the origins of the Chinese Civil War, 1944-1946

Odd Arne Westad

Columbia University Press, c1993

• : hbk
• : pbk

Other Title

Cold war & revolution

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-245) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780231079846

Description

This reinterpretation of the Chinese Revolution of the 1940s reveals how both the USA and the Soviet Union became involved in the momentous events unfolding in China between Jiang Jieshi's Guomindang and the Chinese Communist Party.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780231079853

Description

Based on recently declassified Chinese and American government material, this study reveals how the onset of American-Soviet rivalry shaped the outcome of the Chinese Civil War. It offers an original and controversial interpretation of the Chinese Revolution of the 1940s.

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Details

• NCID: BA20306051
• ISBN:
  • 0231079842
  • 0231079850
• LCCN: 92021343
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 260 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS777.54
  • DC20 : 951.04
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
  • LCSH : China -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign relations -- China
  • LCSH : China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
  • LCSH : Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- China