Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Maps xii
5. 1 / Introduction 1
6. Part I. Brezhnev’s Containment Policy
7. 2 / The Soviet Union’s China Strategy, 1969–79 23
8. 3 / The Sino-Soviet Conflict in Perspective 49
9. Part II. The Road to Beijing
10. 4 / Leadership Change in the USSR and Sino-Soviet Relations, 1980–85 73
11. 5 / Pressures for Continuity and Change in Soviet China Policy in the Early 1980s 83
12. 6 / From Rapprochement to Normalization 98
13. 7 / The Gorbachev Revolution and China Policy 109
14. Part III. Toward Sino-Russian Partnership
15. 8 / Sino-Russian Relations in the Yeltsin Era 121
16. 9 / Moscow and the Border Regions Debate Russia’s China Policy 151
17. Conclusions 187
18. Notes 197
19. Works Cited 285
20. Index 297