CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction r CHAPTER I The Chinese Civil War and the Rise of the Cold War in East Asia,1945-1946 17 CHAPTER 2 The Myth of America's Lost Chance in China 38 CHAPTER 3 Mao's Continuous Revolution and the Rise and Demise of the Sino-Soviet Alliance,1949-1963 49 CHAPTER 4 China's Strategies to End the Korean War,195o-1953 85 CHAPTER 5 China and the First Indochina War,1950-1954 rr8 CHAPTER 6 Beijing and the Polish and Hungarian Crises of 1956 145 CHAPTER 7 Beijing and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958 163 CHAPTER 8 China's Involvement in the Vietnam War,1964-1969 205 CHAPTER 9 The Sino-American Rapprochement,1969-1972 238 EPILOGUE The Legacies of China's Cold War Experience 277 Notes 285 Bibliographic Essay 373 Index 387contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 chapter 1 The Chinese Civil War and the Rise of the Cold War in East Asia, 1945–1946 17 chapter 2 The Myth of America’s Lost Chance in China 38 chapter 3 Mao’s Continuous Revolution and the Rise and Demise of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1949–1963 49 chapter 4 China’s Strategies to End the Korean War, 1950–1953 85 chapter 5 China and the First Indochina War, 1950–1954 118 chapter 6 Beijing and the Polish and Hungarian Crises of 1956 145 chapter 7 Beijing and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958 163 chapter 8 China’s Involvement in the Vietnam War, 1964–1969 205 chapter 9 The Sino-American Rapprochement, 1969–1972 238 epilogue The Legacies of China’s Cold War Experience 277 Notes 285 Bibliographic Essay 373 Index 387