The Sino-Soviet alliance : an international history / Austin Jersild.
Jersild, Austin.
2014
DS740.5.S65 J47 2014 (Mapit)
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Title The Sino-Soviet alliance : an international history / Austin Jersild.
Author Jersild, Austin.
ISBN 9781469611594 hardcover
1469611597 hardcover
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Language English
Description xi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Call Number DS740.5.S65 J47 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 327.51047
Summary "In 1950 the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China signed a Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance to foster cultural and technological cooperation between the Soviet bloc and the PRC. While this treaty was intended as a break with the colonial past, Austin Jersild argues that the alliance ultimately failed because the enduring problem of Russian imperialism led to Chinese frustration with the Soviets. Jersild zeros in on the ground-level experiences of the socialist bloc advisers in China, who were involved in everything from the development of university curricula, the exploration for oil, and railway construction to piano lessons. Their goal was to reproduce a Chinese administrative elite in their own image that could serve as a valuable ally in the Soviet bloc's struggle against the United States. Interestingly, the USSR's allies in Central Europe were as frustrated by the "great power chauvinism" of the Soviet Union as was China. By exposing this aspect of the story, Jersild shows how the alliance, and finally the split, had a true international dimension. "-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series New Cold War history.
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Introduction : the imperial question transformed : the socialist bloc as international history
Proletarian internationalism in practice : pay, misbehavior, and incentives under socialism
Learning from the Central Europeans : authority and expertise in the era of reform
Interpreting the red poppy : practical learning, spiritual pollution
China's conditional affirmation of Soviet leadership, 1956-1957
The socialist bloc comes to its senses : responding to the Great Leap Forward
China's outreach to a world betrayed : the response to Soviet "revisionism," 1958-1964
Friends, neighbors, enemies : the Chinese transformation of the friendship society
Conclusion : frustration and betrayal : Russian imperialism, Chinese ambition, Central European pragmatism.

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