Mao's Third Front: The Militarization of Cold War China

by Covell F Meyskens

Book Overview

In 1964, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made a momentous policy decision. In response to rising tensions with the United States and Soviet Union, a top-secret massive military industrial complex in the mountains of inland China was built, which the CCP hoped to keep hidden from enemy bombers. Mao named this the Third Front. The Third Front received more government investment than any other developmental initiative of the Mao era, and yet this huge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108489559
• ISBN13: 9781108489553
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"