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Allies of World War II
American imperialism
Anti-Americanism
Anti-imperialism
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Beijing
Bourgeoisie
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Changchun
Chen Duxiu
Chen Yi (marshal)
Chiang Kai-shek
China
China proper
China-United States relations
Class conflict
Coalition government
Communism
Communist International
Communist Party of China
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Comrade
Dalian
Dictatorship
Dixie Mission
Domestic policy
Eastern Bloc
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Foreign policy
Government of China
Guerrilla warfare
Ideology
Imperialism
International relations
Kuomintang
Leninism
Liu Shaoqi
Manchuria
Manuscript
Mao Zedong
Maoism
Marxism-Leninism
Military alliance
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
National Government (United Kingdom)
National interest
Nazi Germany
Peng Dehuai
Politburo
Political culture
Political party
Radicalism (historical)
Reactionary
Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China
Second Sino-Japanese War
Shandong
Soviet Empire
Soviet Union
Sun Yat-sen
Surrender of Japan
Treaty
United States
United States Department of State
Wang Ming
War
World revolution
World War II
Xi'an Incident
Xinjiang
Yan'an
Yang Kuisong
Zhou Enlai
Zhu De
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- ISBN 9780691016351
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 1997
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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One of the central issues in the study of the Chinese Communist Party and its foreign policy is its relations with Moscow. Was the CCP a Chinese nationalist party antagonistic to an intrusive Soviet Union or was it rather an internationalist party with ideological-political and strategic-military ties to Moscow, faithfully adhering to Marxist-Leninist principles as well as to Stalin's policy advice? For the past two decades a number of historians have argued that the CCP was a nationalist movement and that the United States missed its opportunity to establish friendly relations because U.S. leaders were blinded by fears of an international Communist threat. In his provocative book, Michael Sheng strongly challenges this position. On the basis of extensive new information obtained from recently available Chinese sources, Sheng demonstrates that the foreign policy of the CCP under Mao Zedong did, in fact, follow the directions recommended by Joseph Stalin. Sheng reveals that Mao and Stalin were in frequent and direct contact by radio and by correspondence, beginning in 1936, and that Mao consistently acted on Stalin's advice.
Battling Western Imperialism analyzes the CCP's relations with both the Soviet Union and the United States and provides conclusive evidence that there was no "lost opportunity" for the U.S. in China. He shows that the CCP viewed the United States as a hostile capitalist power that opposed its revolutionary aims. The author has drawn on an unprecedented collection of Chinese-language materials to make a powerful new argument.
Michael M. Sheng is Associate Professor of History at Southwest Missouri State University.
