Two Suns in the Heavens: The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967
A new book published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press explores the disintegration of Sino-Soviet relations in the 1960s.
WASHINGTON—Woodrow Wilson Center Press has published a new book, Two Suns in the Heavens: The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967, by Sergey Radchenko. It is copublished with Stanford University Press.
Using newly available archival sources, Two Suns in the Heavens 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.
Sergey 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.
"Making excellent use of new archival materials, Sergey Radchenko illuminates a topic that we have known only in general outlines. Two Suns in the Heavens gives us a very fine understanding of the texture of the Sino-Soviet relationship, and of its twists and turns."—David Holloway, Stanford University
"Two Suns in the Heavens 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
Sergey Radchenko is a Fellow in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Two Suns in the Heavens, distributed by Stanford University Press, may be ordered online at www.sup.org or by telephone at 1-800-621-2736. The list price is $65.00 for hardcover.
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