The Cold War in Asia : the battle for hearts and minds / / edited by Zheng Yangwen, Hong Liu, Michael Szonyi.

• TeilnehmendeR: Zheng, Yangwen.; Liu, Hong, 1959 Nov. 1-; Szonyi, Michael.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Brill ebook titles
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The Cold War stayed cold in Europe but it was hot in Asia. Its legacy lives on in the region. In none of the three dominant historiographical paradigms: orthodox, revisionist and post-revisionist, does Asia, or the rest of the Third World, figure with much significance. What happens to these narratives if we put them to the test in Asia? This volume argues that attention to what has been conventionally considered the periphery is essential to a full understanding of the global Cold War. Foregrounding Asia necessarily leads to a re-assessment of the dominant narratives. This volume also argues for a shift in focus from diplomacy and high politics alone towards research into the culture of the Cold War era and its public diplomacy. \'As a whole, the essays contribute to enriching our understanding of what was really happening in an era that is too often understood in the catch-all framework of the Cold War.\' - Akira Iriye, Harvard University

Table of Contents

pt. 1. World system and Asian order -- pt. 2. The propaganda war -- pt. 3. The export and globalisation of Maomism.