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‘We are virtually at war with Russia’: Britain and the Cold War in East Asia, 1923–40.
- Source :
- Cold War History; May2012, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p205-225, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Despite the fact that the Bolshevik Revolution took place in 1917, the Cold War is typically seen as a conflict that only emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War. This paper questions that orthodox interpretation by studying the tense relations that existed in the inter-war period between Britain and the Soviet Union. In particular it looks at Anglo-Soviet rivalry in East Asia in the mid-1920s when the Comintern inspired the Kuomintang in China to challenge British commercial interests in that country and the consequences that this competition had for relations down to 1940 and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GREAT Britain-Soviet Union relations
INTERNATIONAL relations
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14682745
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Cold War History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 75528783
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14682745.2011.569436