Two Suns in the Heavens: The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967 (Cold War International History Project)
"A short summary cannot do justice to this book's richness. Radchenko's mastery of Soviet archives is outstanding . . . [A] very fine monograph."—Xiaojia Hou,China Review International"Reading this interesting and well-balanced history of five crucial years in Sino-Soviet diplomacy is like watching a slow-motion train wreck, as the reader becomes an eyewitness to relations declining from bad to worse between the two socialists superpowers."—Bruce A. Elleman, The Russian Review."I this richly, eloquently written book, Radchenko provides an in-depth, incisive assessment of the turbulent relationship between Beijing and Moscow against a broad international backdrop from 1962 to 1976...His study in large measures transcends conventional interpretations and enriches the current scholarship on Sino-Soviet relations."—G. Zheng,Choice."[Two Suns in the Heavens] succeeds in using a broad range of new materials to produce an unusually nuanced and insightful analysis of Soviet management of the dispute, as well as a provocative new of Mao's approach to it."—Steven M. Goldstein,"This book is an excellent addition to the burgeoning literature on the international relations of the communist bloc during the Cold War."—Nicholas Khoo,International Affairs