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Strategic Vigilance: Mao's "Anti-Peaceful Evolution" Strategy and China's Policy toward the United States, 1959–1976.
- Source :
- Journal of Cold War Studies; Spring2023, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p93-111, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- In late 1959, Mao Zedong publicly articulated his Anti-Peaceful Evolution strategy in response to U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's promotion of the "peaceful evolution toward democracy" in a series of recent speeches. Mao's new strategy, which was heavily influenced by the internal and external pressures he faced, became the ideological foundation of his ultra-radical, uncompromising policy toward the United States. This article analyzes the influence of his anti-revisionist ideology and permanent revolution theory, as well as the distorting effects of incoming information. Mao was intent on countering Dulles and undercutting U.S. foreign policy more broadly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- IDEOLOGY
REVOLUTIONS
CABINET officers
INTERNATIONAL relations
DEMOCRACY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15203972
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Cold War Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164659293
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_a_01143