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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-101469642344

ISBN-139781469642345

eBay Product ID (ePID)241024519

Product Key Features

Number of Pages296 Pages

Publication NameDeng Xiaoping's Long War : the Military Conflict between China and Vietnam, 1979-1991

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAsia / Southeast Asia, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Political, Asia / China

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorXiaoming Zhang

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History

SeriesNew Cold War History Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2014-037021

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsValuable not only for its detailed description and assessment of the 1979 conflict, but importantly also because of its account of actions after the main hostilities.-- Asian Affairs, [A] skillful study. . . . Reminds readers of the reasons why fundamental distrust persists on both sides.-- Foreign Affairs, The definitive work on the subject...Well-researched and clearly-written study fills a gap in our knowledge about China's preparation and execution of the Third Indochina War.--- H-Diplo, "A useful synthesis . . . of the current state of knowledge on this subject." -- Journal of Chinese Military History, [A] superb example of history writing at its best . . . [and] one of the best explanations of China's current strategic approach to military action. Essential. -- CHOICE, [A] skillful study. . . . Reminds readers of the reasons why fundamental distrust persists on both sides. -- Foreign Affairs, A useful synthesis . . . of the current state of knowledge on this subject.-- Journal of Chinese Military History, Explores the Sino-Vietnamese military conflict that ran from 1979 to 1991. . . . Draw[s] from an impressive range of Chinese sources for this work.-- Canadian Journal of History, Valuable not only for its detailed description and assessment of the 1979 conflict, but importantly also because of its account of actions after the main hostilities. -- Asian Affairs, "Valuable not only for its detailed description and assessment of the 1979 conflict, but importantly also because of its account of actions after the main hostilities." -- Asian Affairs, "[A] skillful study. . . . Reminds readers of the reasons why fundamental distrust persists on both sides." -- Foreign Affairs, A useful synthesis . . . of the current state of knowledge on this subject. -- Journal of Chinese Military History, "The definitive work on the subject...Well-researched and clearly-written study fills a gap in our knowledge about China's preparation and execution of the Third Indochina War." -- - H-Diplo, [A] superb example of history writing at its best . . . [and] one of the best explanations of China's current strategic approach to military action. Essential.-- Choice, The definitive work on the subject...Well-researched and clearly-written study fills a gap in our knowledge about China's preparation and execution of the Third Indochina War. -- - H-Diplo, "[A] superb example of history writing at its best . . . [and] one of the best explanations of China's current strategic approach to military action. Essential." -- CHOICE, "Explores the Sino-Vietnamese military conflict that ran from 1979 to 1991. . . . Draw[s] from an impressive range of Chinese sources for this work." -- Canadian Journal of History, Explores the Sino-Vietnamese military conflict that ran from 1979 to 1991. . . . Draw[s] from an impressive range of Chinese sources for this work. -- Canadian Journal of History

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal959.704/4

SynopsisThe 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., The surprise Chinese invasion of Vietnam in 1979 shocked the international community. 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.

LC Classification NumberDS559.916.Z48 2018