Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11994
THE PRC AND THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR, 1949-54: IDEOLOGICAL FACTORS OR NATIONAL INTERESTS?
In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs, Band 30, Heft 6, S. 57-76
ISSN: 1013-2511
THE HISTORY OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR (1949-1954) STILL CONTAINS MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT THE CHINESE MOTIVATION FOR BECOMING INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT, THE EVOLUTION OF CHINESE POLICY, AND HOW CHINESE INVOLVEMENT AFFECTED ITS RELATIONS WITH THE WESTERN POWERS, THE SOVIET UNION, AND CHINA'S OTHER COMMUNIST ALLIES.