Deng Xiaoping's Long War by Xiaoming Zhang

Deng Xiaoping's Long War by Xiaoming Zhang

The surprise Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979 shocked the international community. The two communist nations had seemed firm political and cultural allies, but the twenty-nine-day border war imposed heavy casualties, ruined urban and agricultural infrastructure, leveled three Vietnamese cities, and catalyzed a decadelong conflict. In this groundbreaking book, Xiaoming Zhang traces the roots of the conflict to the historic relationship between the peoples of China and Vietnam, the ongoing Sino-Soviet dispute, and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's desire to modernize his country. Deng's perceptions of the Soviet Union, combined with his plans for economic and military reform, shaped China's strategic vision. Drawing on newly declassified Chinese documents and memoirs by senior military and civilian figures, Zhang takes readers into the heart of Beijing's decision-making process and illustrates the war's importance for understanding the modern Chinese military, as well as China's role in the Asian-Pacific world today.

Xiaoming Zhang is professor of strategy and history at the Air War College, USA.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781469621241
ISBN 10	146962124X
Titel	Deng Xiaoping's Long War
Autor	Xiaoming Zhang
Serie	The New Cold War History
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	The University of North Carolina Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-06-29
Seitenanzahl	296
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.