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Bezig met laden... Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War (1993)door Sergei Goncharov
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Loved this book. Just the right amount of background, with historical narrative, biographical context and authorial analysis. I learned much about the 45-49 civil war in China, the North Korean / Russian background, but most especially the fascinating, complex evolution of the dance of Russian / Chinese interaction. Remarkable passages of Mao and Chou in Russia, left cooling their heels as critical decisions roll along. Ultimately one is left with the randomness and guesswork of the critical players - about how to act and react to the many changes. One sees - that - no matter what- Stalin would not be drawn into war with the us and yet, that approaches multiple times. Left a bit hanging once the war is properly off and launched (and china has been drawn in), leaving the reader wanting to the authors to finish this story. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Uncertain partners tells for the first time the inside story of the creation of the Sino-Soviet alliance and the origins of the Korean War. Using major new documentary sources, including cables and letters between Mao Zedong and Stalin, and interviews with key Russian, Chinese, and Korean participants, the book focuses on the domestic and foreign policy decision-making in all three countries from 1945 through October 1950.The authors examine the complex relations between Stalin, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao during the last year of the Chinese civil war and the emergence of the Cold War. They show how the interplay of perceptions, national security policies, and personalities shaped those relations and were used by the North Korean leader Kim Il Sung to win backing for the invasion of South Korea. The authors also examine the Sino-Soviet alliance, drawing on hitherto unknown secret protocols and understandings and the records of high-level planning that led to the invasion and to the Chinese intervention in Korea.The book is illustrated with 42 photographs and two maps and is the fourth volume in the series, Studies in International Security and Arms Control, sponsored by the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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