This book examines the balance-of-power initiative Kissinger inherited, which harmonized with Mao's "three worlds" concept and led to the Kissinger-Mao axis in the new US-Chinese-Soviet global order. The US-Japan containment, NATO's expansion, and Russia's rise from the ashes le…
The nature of Chinese politics: from Mao to Jiang
by Dittmer, Lowell, Unger, Jonathan
fromEast gate book
The nature of Chinese politics: from Mao to Jiang
What shaped the ideas and actions of one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century? Presenting a new account of Mao Zedong's lifelong engagement with philosophy, Robert Allinson reveals the extent to which Chinese and Western thinkers determined Mao's political career.…
This book shows how the fire team concept was first copied from the Chinese by Lt. Col. Evans Carlson. Then it follows his Marine Raiders (and infantry successors) through WWII and Vietnam. Many of their fire team maneuvers are no longer in use, but the author contends they shou…
