The Coming War Between Russia & China
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the height of the Cold War, a chilling question haunted the world's most powerful nations: what happens when two communist superpowers turn on each other? The Coming War Between Russia and China by Harrison E. Salisbury presents a gripping geopolitical analysis that argues the ideological and territorial fractures between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China were not merely political theatre, but the fault lines of a potential catastrophic armed conflict. Drawing on his unparalleled access as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times correspondent, Salisbury chronicles the deepening Sino-Soviet split with the authority of a man who witnessed history firsthand, detailing the border skirmishes, ideological purges, and nationalist rivalries that brought two nuclear-armed giants to the brink. Salisbury's prose is urgent and unflinching, fusing on-the-ground reportage with sharp strategic analysis to construct a portrait of a world order trembling under the weight of its own contradictions. The book illuminates the profound miscalculations of both Moscow and Beijing, illustrating how revolutionary brotherhood curdled into mutual suspicion and existential dread. A landmark work of Cold War literature, it remains a sobering testament to how ideology, power, and history collide — and leaves the reader wondering whether the forces Salisbury identified have ever truly been extinguished.
Author: Harrison E. Salisbury
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the height of the Cold War, a chilling question haunted the world's most powerful nations: what happens when two communist superpowers turn on each other? The Coming War Between Russia and China by Harrison E. Salisbury presents a gripping geopolitical analysis that argues the ideological and territorial fractures between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China were not merely political theatre, but the fault lines of a potential catastrophic armed conflict. Drawing on his unparalleled access as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times correspondent, Salisbury chronicles the deepening Sino-Soviet split with the authority of a man who witnessed history firsthand, detailing the border skirmishes, ideological purges, and nationalist rivalries that brought two nuclear-armed giants to the brink. Salisbury's prose is urgent and unflinching, fusing on-the-ground reportage with sharp strategic analysis to construct a portrait of a world order trembling under the weight of its own contradictions. The book illuminates the profound miscalculations of both Moscow and Beijing, illustrating how revolutionary brotherhood curdled into mutual suspicion and existential dread. A landmark work of Cold War literature, it remains a sobering testament to how ideology, power, and history collide — and leaves the reader wondering whether the forces Salisbury identified have ever truly been extinguished.