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The Sino-Soviet alliance : an international history / Austin Jersild

Author
Jersild, Austin
Published
Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Contents
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.
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. "--
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9781469611594 (hardback)
1469611597 (hardback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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