{"product_id":"two-suns-in-the-heavens-the-sino-soviet-struggle-for-supremacy-1962-1967-hardback-9780804758796","title":"Two Suns in the Heavens; The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967 (Hardback) 9780804758796","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTwo Suns in the Heavens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSergey Radchenko (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804758796\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A short summary cannot do justice to this book's richness. Radchenko's mastery of Soviet archives is outstanding . . . [A] very fine monograph.\" - Xiaojia Hou (\u003ci\u003eChina Review International\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Reading this interesting and well-balanced history of five crucial years in Sino-Soviet diplomacy is like watching a slow-motion train wreck, as the reader becomes an eyewitness to relations declining from bad to worse between the two socialists superpowers.\" - \u003ci\u003eBruce A. Elleman, The Russian Review.\u003c\/i\u003e \"I this richly, eloquently written book, Radchenko provides an in-depth, incisive assessment of the turbulent relationship between Beijing and Moscow against a broad international backdrop from 1962 to 1976...His study in large measures transcends conventional interpretations and enriches the current scholarship on Sino-Soviet relations.\" - G. Zheng (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e.) \"[\u003ci\u003eTwo Suns in the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e] succeeds in using a broad range of new materials to produce an unusually nuanced and insightful analysis of Soviet management of the dispute, as well as a provocative new of Mao's approach to it.\" - Steven M. Goldstein (\u003ci\u003eChina Prespectives\u003c\/i\u003e.) \"This book is an excellent addition to the burgeoning literature on the international relations of the communist bloc during the Cold War.\" - Nicholas Khoo (\u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e) \"... the book is a real contribution to our understanding of the period and its main actors.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe China Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \"Making excellent use of new archival materials, Sergey Radchenko illuminates a topic that we have known only in general outlines. \u003ci\u003eTwo Suns in the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a very fine understanding of the texture of the Sino-Soviet relationship, and of its twists and turns.\" - David Holloway (tanford University) \"\u003ci\u003eTwo Suns in the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e represents a major contribution to the study of Sino-Soviet relations as well as the study of Cold War international history.\" - Chen Jian (Cornell University)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing newly available archival sources, \u003ci\u003eTwo Suns in the Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e examines the dramatic deterioration of relations between the USSR and China in the 1960s, whereby once powerful allies became estranged, competitive, and increasingly hostile neighbors. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSergey Radchenko's authoritative account of these years shows how the intrinsic inequality of the Sino-Soviet alliance—seen as entirely natural by the Russians but bitterly resented by the Chinese—resulted in its ultimate collapse. Through a careful and comprehensive investigation of policymaking in both Moscow and Beijing, Radchenko creates a new framework for understanding the role of power struggle, ideology, personalities, and culture in Sino-Soviet relations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670807081240,"sku":"9780804758796","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/two-suns-in-the-heavens-the-sino-soviet-struggle-for-supremacy-1962-1967-hardback-9780804758796","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}