21 research outputs found
Winning the Third World
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Winning the Third World examines afresh the intense and enduring rivalry between the United States and China during the Cold War. Gregg A. Brazinsky shows how both nations fought vigorously to establish their influence in newly independent African and Asian countries. By playing a leadership role in Asia and Africa, China hoped to regain its status in world affairs, but Americans feared that China's history as a nonwhite, anticolonial nation would make it an even more dangerous threat in the postcolonial world than the Soviet Union. Drawing on a broad array of new archival materials from China and the United States, Brazinsky demonstrates that disrupting China's efforts to elevate its stature became an important motive behind Washington's use of both hard and soft power in the "Global South."</p
Korea and the world: new frontiers in Korean studies/ edited by Gregg Brazinsky.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.This book provides fresh perspectives on the historical development and contemporary problems of North and South Korea.1 online resource (x, 208 pages)
John P. Dimoia, Reconstructing Bodies: Biomedicine, Health, and Nation Building in South Korea since 1945
No full textNuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. By D. Cha Victor, C. Kang David. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. x, 265 pp. pp. $24.50 (cloth).
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Introduction
No full textThe purpose of the introduction is to explain my general argument and review the historiography on my topic. The first part of the introduction describes briefly how the book fits into the evolving paradigm of Cold War studies and how looking at Sino-American competition in the Third World broadens our understanding of the field. The second part explores the concept of status, especially as it applies to Chinese and American foreign relations during the Cold War.</p
Advancing the Peace Offensive, 1955–1958
No full textThis chapter traces China’s efforts to capitalize on its success in Geneva and Bandung through diplomacy, especially in Southeast Asia. During this period, hosting official state visits by neighboring leaders such as Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk and Indonesian President Sukarno was especially important to Beijing. These helped to give the Chinese government the imprimatur of legitimacy and to raise its profile in Asia. Washington therefore sought to discourage or minimize the importance of these visits. Despite American meddling, China enjoyed great success with its diplomacy in the mid 1950s.</p
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency, 1961–1968
No full textEven as the PRC sought to win over radical and neutralist Afro-Asian states through diplomacy, it also sought to gain prestige in the Third World by becoming a leader of revolutionary forces. The PRC befriended a diverse group of Afro-Asian and insurgents guerilla that espoused Maoist doctrines during the 1960s. They believed that doing so would help to spread Mao Zedong thought throughout the world, raising the status of both the PRC and its leader. America’s fear that insurgent victories in countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and the Congo would enhance Chinese prestige and legitimate Maoism played a key role in precipitating some of the most dramatic and costly instances of U.S. intervention of the Cold War.</p
The Burdens of Status, 1950–1954
No full textThis chapter shows how the PRC’s search for greater status brought with it new obligations. China’s desire to stand at the helm of an Eastern revolution compelled the CCP to offer assistance to other Asian revolutionaries. The chapter argues that this mindset was a key factor in Beijing’s decisions to enter the Korean War and provide training and assistance to the Viet Minh. The United States, on the other hand, sought to prevent the PRC from gaining stature through its role in these conflicts. It often cited deflating China’s prestige in Asia as a motive for both fighting on in Korea and aiding the French in Indochina.</p
