BEIJING AND THE KOREAN CRISIS 455 sive topics as the domestic impact of the wars and its effects on Sino-Soviet re- lations. The credit for this advance on the Chinese front of the Korean War,but one aspect of a broad movement to develop and open up party history,goes to the Communist party central committee itself.Much of the headway made through the 1980s was due to the efforts of three historical units in Beijing operating under the direct supervision of a central committee"small group."The party center's own research offices have put out a wide variety of material relevant to Mao Zedong's central role in the crisis as well as the context in which he operated. Adding significantly to the literature,the Chinese military itself has promoted research and publication on a topic in which it takes considerable pride.Officers who played a prominent role in the conflict together with military researchers have produced an impressive body of work,much of it published by one or another of the military-run presses.2 These various secondary treatments and 8 The most ambitious study to date is Larry S.Weiss,"Storm Around the Cradle:The Korean War and the Early Years of the People's Republic of China"(Ph.D.dissertation in Political Science, Columbia University,1981),which contends that the war radicalized China's domestic policy,thus bringing to a premature end the New Democracy stage of China's development. See Robert R.Simmons,The Strained Alliance:Peking,Pyongyang,Moscow and the Politics of the Korean War (New York:Free Press,1975);Wilbur A.Chaffee,"Two Hypotheses of Sino- Soviet Relations as Concerns the Instigation of the Korean War,Journal ofKorean Affairs 6(1976- 77):1-13;and Nakajima Mineo,"The Sino-Soviet Confrontation:Its Roots in the International Background of the Korean War,"Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs I (January 1979):19-47. 10 For a fuller treatment of developments over the last decade,Michael H.Hunt and Odd Arne Westad,"The Chinese Communist Party and International Affairs:A Field Report on New Historical Sources and Old Research Problems,"China Quarterly 122(Summer 1990):258-72.For an updated listing of sources,see Steven M.Goldstein and He Di,"New Chinese Sources on the History of the Cold War,"Cold War International History Project Bulletin 1 (Spring 1992):4-6. i Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiushi,comp.,Jianguo yilai Mao Zedong wengao [Mao Zedong manuscripts for the period following the establishment of the country],5 vols.to date, internal circulation (Beijing:Zhongyang wenxian,1987),vols.1-4 covering the Korean War;and Peng Dehuai zhuanji bianxiezu,comp.,Peng Dehuai junshi wenxuan [A selection of Peng Dehuai works on military affairs](Beijing:Zhongyang wenxian,1988).For a selection of translated materials from Jianguo yilai,vol.1,see Li Xiaobing et al.,"Mao's Despatch of Chinese Troops into Korea: Forty-Six Telegrams,July-October 1950,"Chinese Historians 5(Spring 1992):63-86. 12 The military compiled and published the first major collection of inner party documents and military dispatches in Zhongguo renmin jiefangjun junshi kexueyuan,comp.,Mao Zedong junshi wenxuan [A selection of Mao Zedong works on military affairs],internal circulation(Beijing:Zhong- guo renmin jiefangjun zhanshi,1981;Tokyo reprint,Sososha,1985).For recent overviews by re- searchers in the military,Yao Xu,Cong Yalujiang dao Banmendian:Weida de kangMei yuanChao zhanzheng [From the Yalu River to Panmunjom:The great war to resist America and aid Korea], internal circulation (Beijing:Renmin,1985);Chai Chengwen and Zhao Yongtian,KangMei yuan- Chao jishi [A record of resisting America and aiding Korea],internal circulation(Beijing:Zhonggong dangshi ziliao,1987);and Chai and Zhao,Banmendian tanpan:Chaoxian zhanzheng juan [The Panmunjom talks:A volume on the Korean War](Beijing:Jiefangjun,1989);Junshi jiaoxueyuan junshi lishi yanjiubu,comp.,Zhongguo renmin zhiyuanjun kangMei yuanChao zhanshi [A battle history of resistance to America and aid to Korea by the Chinese people's volunteer army],internal circulation (Beijing:Junshi jiaoxue,1988);and Xu Yan,Diyici jiaoliang:KangMei yuanChao zhan-BEIJING AND THE KOREAN CRISIS | 455 sive topics as the domestic impact of the war8 and its effects on Sino-Soviet re￾lations.9 The credit for this advance on the Chinese front of the Korean War, but one aspect of a broad movement to develop and open up party history, goes to the Communist party central committee itself. Much of the headway made through the 1980s was due to the efforts of three historical units in Beijing operating under the direct supervision of a central committee "small group."'0 The party center's own research offices have put out a wide variety of material relevant to Mao Zedong's central role in the crisis as well as the context in which he operated."I Adding significantly to the literature, the Chinese military itself has promoted research and publication on a topic in which it takes considerable pride. Officers who played a prominent role in the conflict together with military researchers have produced an impressive body of work, much of it published by one or another of the military-run presses.-2 These various secondary treatments and 8 The most ambitious study to date is Larry S. Weiss, "Storm Around the Cradle: The Korean War and the Early Years of the People's Republic of China" (Ph.D. dissertation in Political Science, Columbia University, 1981), which contends that the war radicalized China's domestic policy, thus bringing to a premature end the New Democracy stage of China's development. I See Robert R. Simmons, The Strained Alliance: Peking, Pyongyang, Moscow and the Politics of the Korean War (New York: Free Press, 1975); Wilbur A. Chaffee, "Two Hypotheses of Sino￾Soviet Relations as Concerns the Instigation of the Korean War," Journal of Korean Affairs 6 (1976- 77): 1-13; and Nakajima Mineo, "The Sino-Soviet Confrontation: Its Roots in the International Background of the Korean War," Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs 1 (January 1979): 19-47. 10 For a fuller treatment of developments over the last decade, see Michael H. Hunt and Odd Arne Westad, "The Chinese Communist Party and International Affairs: A Field Report on New Historical Sources and Old Research Problems," China Quarterly 122 (Summer 1990): 258-72. For an updated listing of sources, see Steven M. Goldstein and He Di, "New Chinese Sources on the History of the Cold War," Cold War International History Project Bulletin 1 (Spring 1992): 4-6. " Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiushi, comp., Jianguo yilai Mao Zedong wengao [Mao Zedong manuscripts for the period following the establishment of the country], 5 vols. to date, internal circulation (Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian, 1987), vols. 1-4 covering the Korean War; and Peng Dehuai zhuanji bianxiezu, comp., Peng Dehuaijunshi wenxuan [A selection of Peng Dehuai works on military affairs] (Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian, 1988). For a selection of translated materials from Jianguo yilai, vol. 1, see Li Xiaobing et al., "Mao's Despatch of Chinese Troops into Korea: Forty-Six Telegrams, July-October 1950," Chinese Historians 5 (Spring 1992): 63-86. 12 The military compiled and published the first major collection of inner party documents and military dispatches in Zhongguo renmin jiefangjun junshi kexueyuan, comp., Mao Zedong junshi wenxuan [A selection of Mao Zedong works on military affairs], internal circulation (Beijing: Zhong￾guo renmin jiefangjun zhanshi, 1981; Tokyo reprint, Sososha, 1985). For recent overviews by re￾searchers in the military, Yao Xu, Cong Yalujiang dao Banmendian: Weida de kangMei yuanChao zhanzheng [From the Yalu River to Panmunjom: The great war to resist America and aid Korea], internal circulation (Beijing: Renmin, 1985); Chai Chengwen and Zhao Yongtian, KangMei yuan￾Chaojishi [A record of resisting America and aiding Korea], internal circulation (Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi ziliao, 1987); and Chai and Zhao, Banmendian tanpan: Chaoxian zhanzheng juan [The Panmunjom talks: A volume on the Korean War] (Beijing: Jiefangjun, 1989); Junshi jiaoxueyuan junshi lishi yanjiubu, comp., Zhongguo renmin zhiyuanjun kangMei yuanChao zhanshi [A battle history of resistance to America and aid to Korea by the Chinese people's volunteer army], internal circulation (Beijing: Junshi jiaoxue, 1988); and Xu Yan, Diyici jiaoliang: KangMeiyuanChao zhan-