ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The completion of this book would have been impossible without the gener- ous institutional and financial support I have received in the past decade.In particular,I would like to acknowledge a Norwegian Nobel Institute fellow- ship in 1993,a Dr.Nuala McGann Drescher Leave Program Fellowship from the State University of New York in fall 1994,a summer fellowship and a two- year special research grant from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1996 and 1997-99,and a senior fellowship at the United States Institute of Peace in 1996-97. John Lewis Gaddis,Michael Schaller,Jonathan Spence,and Odd Arne Westad read the entire manuscript and provided me with critical comments and suggestions.William Turley and David Wilson,my teachers and col- leagues at Southern Illinois University,have constantly served as sources of friendship and unfailing support.Jim Hershberg,David Wolff,and Christian Ostermann,who have directed the Cold War International History Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for the past de- cade,helped me in many ways-including providing encouragement,offering forums for me to test my ideas,and,together with the staff at the National Security Archive in Washington,D.C.,sharing with me newly declassified Cold War documentation.Charles Bailey,David Tamerin,and David Wer- lich,the three department chairmen with whom I have worked at SUNY- Geneseo and Southern Illinois University,have been most supportive as col- leagues and friends.Zhang Shuguang,Michael M.Sheng,and Zhai Qiang, fellow Chinese scholars working on Cold War studies in the United States,as well as Vladislav Zubok,a renowned Russian Cold War scholar who shares a birthday with me,have enhanced my understanding of the Cold War history in many discussions over the years. I also wish to thank a number of friends,colleagues,and fellow scholars who either have read part of the manuscript during various stages of its making and offered critical comments or have provided support in other valuable ways: William Burr,Warren Cohen,Thomas Christensen,Roger Dingman,John Garver,Leszek Gluchowski,He Di,Michael Hunt,Li Haiwen,Geir Lunde- stad,Niu Jun,Krzysztof Persak,Shen Zhihua,R.B.Smith,Tao Wenzhao, Marc Trachtenberg,Nancy Berncropf Tucker,Xu Yan,Xue Litai,Yang Kui-acknowledgments The completion of this book would have been impossible without the gener￾ous institutional and financial support I have received in the past decade. In particular, I would like to acknowledge a Norwegian Nobel Institute fellow￾ship in 1993, a Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Leave Program Fellowship from the State University of New York in fall 1994, a summer fellowship and a two￾year special research grant from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1996 and 1997–99, and a senior fellowship at the United States Institute of Peace in 1996–97. John Lewis Gaddis, Michael Schaller, Jonathan Spence, and Odd Arne Westad read the entire manuscript and provided me with critical comments and suggestions. William Turley and David Wilson, my teachers and col￾leagues at Southern Illinois University, have constantly served as sources of friendship and unfailing support. Jim Hershberg, David Wolff, and Christian Ostermann, who have directed the Cold War International History Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for the past de￾cade, helped me in many ways—including providing encouragement, offering forums for me to test my ideas, and, together with the staff at the National Security Archive in Washington, D.C., sharing with me newly declassified Cold War documentation. Charles Bailey, David Tamerin, and David Wer￾lich, the three department chairmen with whom I have worked at SUNY￾Geneseo and Southern Illinois University, have been most supportive as col￾leagues and friends. Zhang Shuguang, Michael M. Sheng, and Zhai Qiang, fellow Chinese scholars working on Cold War studies in the United States, as well as Vladislav Zubok, a renowned Russian Cold War scholar who shares a birthday with me, have enhanced my understanding of the Cold War history in many discussions over the years. I also wish to thank a number of friends, colleagues, and fellow scholars who either have read part of the manuscript during various stages of its making and offered critical comments or have provided support in other valuable ways: William Burr, Warren Cohen, Thomas Christensen, Roger Dingman, John Garver, Leszek Gluchowski, He Di, Michael Hunt, Li Haiwen, Geir Lunde￾stad, Niu Jun, Krzysztof Persak, Shen Zhihua, R. B. Smith, Tao Wenzhao, Marc Trachtenberg, Nancy Berncropf Tucker, Xu Yan, Xue Litai, Yang Kui-