Shadow Cold War
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The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global context, but Jeremy Friedman's Shadow Cold War delves deeper into the era to examine the competition between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China for the leadership…
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1 author picked Shadow Cold War as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
At long last, Jeremy Friedman has given us a cogent, succinct book about Sino-Soviet competition for the Third World.
Readers need not have any deep background in the topic to make sense of Friedman’s work, which lays out a clear explanation of how the Soviet Union’s quest for anti-capitalist revolution butted up against China’s pursuit of anti-imperialism. Shadow Cold War argues that the Sino-Soviet rivalry was rooted in ideological competition, adding another “revolutionary paradigm” to those detailed in Odd Arne Westad’s Total Cold War.
From Jessica's list on the Cold War in the Third World.
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