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Economic Cold War - America's Embargo Against China and the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1949-1963 (Hardcover)
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Economic Cold War - America's Embargo Against China and the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1949-1963 (Hardcover)
Series: Cold War International History Project
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Why would one country impose economic sanctions against another in
pursuit of foreign policy objectives? How effective is the use of
economic weapons in attaining such objectives? To answer these
questions, the author examines how and why the United States and
its allies instituted economic sanctions against the People's
Republic of China in the 1950s, and how the embargo affected
Chinese domestic policy and the Sino-Soviet alliance.
The literature on sanctions has largely concluded that they tend to
be ineffective in achieving foreign policy objectives. This study,
based on recently declassified documents in the United States,
Great Britain, China, and Russia, is unusual in that it looks at
both sides of "the China embargo." It concludes that economic
sanctions provide, in certain circumstances, an attractive
alternative to military intervention (especially in the nuclear
age) or to doing nothing. The author argues that while the
immediate effects may be meager or nil, the indirect and long-term
effects may be considerable; in the case he reexamines, the
disastrous Great Leap Forward and Anti-Rightist campaign were in
part prompted by the sanctions imposed by the United States and its
allies. Finally, though the embargo created difficulties within the
Western alliance, Beijing was driven to press the USSR for much
greater economic assistance than Moscow thought feasible, and the
ensuing disagreements between them contributed to the collapse of
the Sino-Soviet alliance.
Going beyond the rational choice approach to international
relations, the book reflects on the role of mutual perceptions and
culturally bound notions in shaping international economic
sanctions. In addition to contributing to a better understanding of
the economic aspects of Cold War history, the book attempts to give
more empirical substance to the developing concept of "economic
diplomacy," "economic statecraft," or "economic warfare" and to
relate it to the idea of conflict management.
General
Imprint: |
Stanford University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Cold War International History Project |
Release date: |
August 2002 |
First published: |
August 2002 |
Authors: |
Shu Guang Zhang
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
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Pages: |
392 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8047-3930-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
International relations >
General
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LSN: |
0-8047-3930-7 |
Barcode: |
9780804739306 |
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