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Deng Xiaoping's Long War - The Military Conflict between China and Vietnam, 1979-1991 (Paperback)
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Deng Xiaoping's Long War - The Military Conflict between China and Vietnam, 1979-1991 (Paperback)
Series: The New Cold War History
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The 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.
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