The Cold War in East Asia, 1945-1991

by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa (Editor)

Overview

The Cold War in East Asia studies Asia as a second front in the Cold War, examining how the six powers—the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Japan, and North and South Korea—interacted one another and forged the conditions that were distinct from the Cold War in Europe. The contributors are among the foremost historians of the new Cold War history, and this book draws on a wide array of newly available archival information in many languages, with particular strength in the use of Russian and Chinese archival material. The Cold War in East Asia shows how as a second front the Cold War in East Asia influenced the shape of the Cold War's first front—the East-West confrontation centering in Europe—and third front in the developing world.

Each chapter, while focused on particular countries and particular timespans, situates its story within a broad overview. And the volume stresses the uniqueness of the region's historical experience and explains how it serves as the background to some of the key conflicts in East Asia today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804773317
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Publication date:	03/02/2011
Series:	Cold War International History Project
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa is Professor of History at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

A Note on Spelling, Transliteration, and Names xi

Introduction: East Asia-the Second Significant Front of the Cold War Tsuyoshi Hasegawa 1

1 Struggles for Modernity: The Golden Years of the Sino-Soviet Alliance Odd Arne Westad 35

2 The Second Front of the Soviet Cold War: Asia in the System of Moscow's Foreign Policy Priorities, 1945-1956 Ilya V. Gaiduk 63

3 Reorienting the Cold War: The Implications of China's Early Cold War Experience, Taking Korea as a Central Test Case Chen Jian 81

4 Military Occupation and Empire Building in Cold War Asia: The United States and Korea, 1945-1955 Steven Hugh Lee 98

5 Kim II Sung's Balancing Act between Moscow and Beijing, 1956-1972 Nobuo Shimoiomai 122

6 Chinese Foreign Policy, 1960-1979 Lorenz Lüthi 152

7 Japan's Foreign Policy under Détente: Relations with China and the Soviet Union, 1971-1973 Kazuhiko Togo 180

8 A Strategic Quadrangle: The Superpowers and the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1977-1978 Tsuyoshi Hasegawa 213

9 Korea's Great Divergence: North and South Korea between 1972 and 1987 Gregg Brazinsky 241

10 Gorbachev's Policy toward East Asia, 1985-1991 Vladislav Zubok 265

11 Inertia and Change: Soviet Policy toward Koroa, 1985-1991 Sergey Radchenko 289

Contributors 321

Index 325

Editorial Reviews

"This edited volume provides a wealth of new information coming from fresh research in Japanese, American, East European, U.S., and Chinese archival and primary sources. This is an important contribution to the state of the field."

Associate Professor of History at University of Quebec at Montreal - Christopher Goscha

"The book consists of eleven essays on various aspects of the Cold War in Asia, plus a lengthy and informative introduction by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa . . . Together they constitute a remarkable, pioneering work about the Cold War in Asia based on a remarkably broad range of mostly newly available archival materials in Russia, China, Japan, and Korea. This is first-rate international history . . . In conclusion, this volume represents major accomplishments. All of the included essays are based on serious research in Asian and Russian primary sources. They deepen our understanding of the inner workings of all the countries involved and are well written . . . All in all, the authors deserve our congratulations for putting together such a stimulating group of essays, and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa deserves our gratitude for putting it all together."

Journal of Northeast Asian History - Kenton Clymer

"A studious and scholarly work from many historians and thinkers . . . The Cold War in East Asia, 1945–1991 is a fascinating and scholarly study of the era and its impact that will be felt for many years to come. Highly recommended."

Midwest Book Review

"There is, clearly, a real need for a book of this sort and it will doubtless be welcomed by scholars in all of those fields, as well as international/diplomatic historians more broadly and area specialists and comparativists in Political Science."

Professor of History at Ohio State University - Robert McMahon

"The book consists of eleven essays on various aspects of the Cold War in Asia, plus a lengthy and informative introduction by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa . . . Together they constitute a remarkable, pioneering work about the Cold War in Asia based on a remarkably broad range of mostly newly available archival materials in Russia, China, Japan, and Korea. This is first-rate international history . . . In conclusion, this volume represents major accomplishments. All of the included essays are based on serious research in Asian and Russian primary sources. They deepen our understanding of the inner workings of all the countries involved and are well written . . . All in all, the authors deserve our congratulations for putting together such a stimulating group of essays, and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa deserves our gratitude for putting it all together."—Kenton Clymer, Journal of Northeast Asian History


"A studious and scholarly work from many historians and thinkers . . . The Cold War in East Asia, 1945–1991 is a fascinating and scholarly study of the era and its impact that will be felt for many years to come. Highly recommended."—Midwest Book Review


"This edited volume provides a wealth of new information coming from fresh research in Japanese, American, East European, U.S., and Chinese archival and primary sources. This is an important contribution to the state of the field."—Christopher Goscha, Associate Professor of History at University of Quebec at Montreal


"There is, clearly, a real need for a book of this sort and it will doubtless be welcomed by scholars in all of those fields, as well as international/diplomatic historians more broadly and area specialists and comparativists in Political Science."—Robert McMahon, Professor of History at Ohio State University

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