The Sino-Soviet Dispute
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Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some wear and minor marks. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding: Intact.
The Sino-Soviet Dispute is a landmark work of Cold War political analysis, documenting and dissecting the ideological and geopolitical rift that fractured the communist world in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Written by three authoritative scholars — G. F. Hudson, Richard Lowenthal, and Roderick MacFarquhar — the book chronicles the deteriorating relationship between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China through primary documents, speeches, and party communications. With rigorous academic precision, it argues that the split was driven by deep-seated ideological disagreements over Marxist-Leninist doctrine, national sovereignty, and the global strategy of communism. The authors present a compelling case that this schism fundamentally reshaped the balance of power during the Cold War, with consequences felt across Asia, Africa, and the broader communist movement. An essential reference for historians and political scientists, the work remains one of the most thorough early analyses of one of the twentieth century's most consequential political ruptures.
Author: G. F. Hudson, Richard Lowenthal And Roderick Macfarquhar
Format: Paperback
Published: 1961, The China Quarterly
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some wear and minor marks. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding: Intact.
The Sino-Soviet Dispute is a landmark work of Cold War political analysis, documenting and dissecting the ideological and geopolitical rift that fractured the communist world in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Written by three authoritative scholars — G. F. Hudson, Richard Lowenthal, and Roderick MacFarquhar — the book chronicles the deteriorating relationship between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China through primary documents, speeches, and party communications. With rigorous academic precision, it argues that the split was driven by deep-seated ideological disagreements over Marxist-Leninist doctrine, national sovereignty, and the global strategy of communism. The authors present a compelling case that this schism fundamentally reshaped the balance of power during the Cold War, with consequences felt across Asia, Africa, and the broader communist movement. An essential reference for historians and political scientists, the work remains one of the most thorough early analyses of one of the twentieth century's most consequential political ruptures.