The Korean War and the Sino-Soviet Alliance
Abstract
The alliance between the Soviet Union and the new People’s Republic of China, signed during the Moscow meetings between Stalin and Chinese leader Mao Zedong in February 1950, was one of the cornerstones of the early Cold War and one of the causes of the Korean War. It was a warning to the West that Moscow could find mighty allies outside Europe, and a harbinger, recognized as such both in Washington and Moscow, of revolutionary challenges elsewhere. While Stalin was never fully convinced of the ideological dedication of the Chinese Communists, he had made sure that they received vital aid in the latter stages of their civil war with the US-supported Chinese government, and believed that the Chinese Communist regime could be a stepping-stone for increased Soviet power elsewhere in Asia, including Korea.
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- Authors
- Hanhimäki, J., & Westad, O. A.
- ORCID
- Hanhimäki, Jussi
- Venue
- The Cold War
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2003-08-07
- Pages
- 176-208
- OpenAlex
- W4388076777
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- 0
- References
- 0
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- 0.00
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Soviet and Russian History
- Keywords
- Korean War, Sino-Soviet alliance, Soviet foreign policy, Mao Zedong, Stalin, early Cold War, Chinese Civil War, Soviet aid to China
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