Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments ix
3. Abbreviations xv
4. Chronology xvii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Lin Biao’s Demise, Mao’s Purges, and a Soviet Spy 18
7. 2 Mao’s New Anti-Soviet Strategy 36
8. 3 Mao’s Pro–Khmer Rouge Policy 54
9. 4 Mao’s Successors Inherit Mao’s Anti-Soviet Stance and Pro–Khmer Rouge Policy 80
10. 5 The Rise of an Assertive Hanoi 103
11. 6 Tensions with Moscow and Appeasement of Hanoi 120
12. 7 The Chinese Failure to Save the Pol Pot Regime 138
13. 8 The Lost War 157
14. Epilogue 179
15. Bibliography 223
16. Index 247