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Battling Western Imperialism : Mao, Stalin, and the United States by Michael Sheng (1997, Hardcover)
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One of the central issues in the study of the Chinese Communist Party and its foreign policy is its relations with Moscow. leaders were blinded by fears of an international Communist threat. Battling Western Imperialism analyzes the CCP's relations with both the Soviet Union and the United States and provides conclusive evidence that there was no "lost opportunity" for the.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691016356
ISBN-139780691016351
eBay Product ID (ePID)567628
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBattling Western Imperialism : Mao, Stalin, and the United States
SubjectPolitical Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, International Relations / General, Asia / China, Political
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichael Sheng
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight18 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-010035
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal327.51047
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction 3 Ch. I The Roots of Mao's Pro-Soviet Policy before 1937 15 Ch. II CCP-Moscow Relations during the Anti-Japanese War, 1937-1945 31 Ch. III From Enemies to Friends: CCP Policy toward the United States before Pearl Harbor 57 Ch. IV Courting the Americans: The CCP's United Front Policy toward the U.S., 1942-1945 74 Ch. V Postwar Alignment: CCP-Moscow versus GMD-Washington in Manchuria, August-December 1945 98 Ch. VI Mao Deals with George Marshall, November 1945-December 1946 119 Ch. VII The CCP and the Cold War in Asia: Mao's "Intermediate-Zone" Theory and the Anti-American United Front, 1946-1947 145 Ch. VIII Mao's Revolutionary Diplomacy and the Cold War in Asia, 1948-1949 161 Conclusion 187 Notes 197 Select Bibliography 229 Index 245
SynopsisOne of the central issues in the study of the Chinese Communist Party and its foreign policy is its relations with Moscow. Was the CCP a Chinese nationalist party antagonistic to an intrusive Soviet Union or was it rather an internationalist party with ideological-political and strategic-military ties to Moscow, faithfully adhering to Marxist-Leninist principles as well as to Stalin's policy advice? For the past two decades a number of historians have argued that the CCP was a nationalist movement and that the United States missed its opportunity to establish friendly relations because U.S. leaders were blinded by fears of an international Communist threat. In his provocative book, Michael Sheng strongly challenges this position. On the basis of extensive new information obtained from recently available Chinese sources, Sheng demonstrates that the foreign policy of the CCP under Mao Zedong did, in fact, follow the directions recommended by Joseph Stalin. Sheng reveals that Mao and Stalin were in frequent and direct contact by radio and by correspondence, beginning in 1936, and that Mao consistently acted on Stalin's advice.Battling Western Imperialism analyzes the CCP's relations with both the Soviet Union and the United States and provides conclusive evidence that there was no "lost opportunity" for the U.S. in China. He shows that the CCP viewed the United States as a hostile capitalist power that opposed its revolutionary aims. The author has drawn on an unprecedented collection of Chinese-language materials to make a powerful new argument., One of the central issues in the study of the Chinese Communist Party and its foreign policy is its relations with Moscow. Was the CCP a Chinese nationalist party antagonistic to an intrusive Soviet Union or was it rather an internationalist party with ideological-political and strategic-military ties to Moscow, faithfully adhering to Marxist-Leninist principles as well as to Stalin's policy advice? For the past two decades a number of historians have argued that the CCP was a nationalist movement and that the United States missed its opportunity to establish friendly relations because U.S. leaders were blinded by fears of an international Communist threat. In his provocative book, Michael Sheng strongly challenges this position. On the basis of extensive new information obtained from recently available Chinese sources, Sheng demonstrates that the foreign policy of the CCP under Mao Zedong did, in fact, follow the directions recommended by Joseph Stalin. Sheng reveals that Mao and Stalin were in frequent and direct contact by radio and by correspondence, beginning in 1936, and that Mao consistently acted on Stalin's advice. Battling Western Imperialism analyzes the CCP's relations with both the Soviet Union and the United States and provides conclusive evidence that there was no "lost opportunity" for the U.S. in China. He shows that the CCP viewed the United States as a hostile capitalist power that opposed its revolutionary aims. The author has drawn on an unprecedented collection of Chinese-language materials to make a powerful new argument., Over the years a number of historians have argued that the CCP was a nationalist movement and that the United States missed its opportunity to establish friendly relations because US leaders were blinded by fears of an international Communist threat. This book challenges this position.
LC Classification NumberDS740.5.S65S562 1997
