Preface 1. Introduction Part One: China as an Ally of the Soviet Union 1949–1963 Introduction 2. The Formation of the Alliance 1949–1950 3. The Independent Equal Ally 1954–1957 4. The Break with the Soviet Union 1958–1963 Part Two: China as a Self-Reliant Autonomous International Actor: 1963 Onwards Introduction 5. The Leader of an Internationalist United Front Against American Imperialism 1963–1966 6. The Alternative Role of a Modified Link with the Soviet Union 1959–1966 7. China as a Bastion of Socialism 1966–1968 8. The International Recognition of China as a Great Power 1969–1972 9. Chinas as a Socialist Member of the Third World: 1973 Onwards 10. China’s New World Role
Biography
Michael B. Yahuda is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK. He has acted as an adviser to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as a consultant to organizations in London and Singapore. His main fields of interest are China’s politics, foreign policy and the international relations of the Asia Pacific. He enjoys an international reputation as a specialist on the politics of East Asia. He has published ten books and more than 200 articles and chapters in books.
Review of the first publication:
‘…the book is well argued.’
— Nathaniel B. Thayer, The Journal of Politics
