Download or read book Mao and the Sino-Soviet Split, 1959–1973 written by Danhui Li and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a comprehensive examination of the breaking of political relations between China and the Soviet Union. Based on archival materials from several countries—particularly China—the authors analyze the split from 1959, when visible cracks in the relationship appeared, to China’s foreign policy shift toward the United States in 1973.