新书：沈志华 夏亚峰《被误解的友谊：毛泽东金日成中朝关系1949-1976》

沈志华夏亚峰：《被误解的友谊：毛泽东金日成中朝关系1949-1976》

A Misunderstood Friendship

Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, and Sino–North Korean Relations, 1949–1976

ZhihuaShen and Yafeng Xia

精装：376页

出版商：Columbia University Press,2018.9

语言：英语

ISBN： 9780231188265

2018年10月4日美国威尔逊国际学者中心举行了本书的新书发布会

内容简介：

　　Today, the People’s Republic of China is North Korea’s only ally on the world stage, a tightly knit relationship that goes back decades. Both countries portray their partnership as one of “brotherly affection” based on shared political ideals—an alliance “as tight as lips to teeth”—even though relations have deteriorated in recent years due to China’s ascendance and North Korea’s intransigence.

　　In A Misunderstood Friendship, leading diplomatic historians ZhihuaShen and Yafeng Xia draw on previously untapped primary source materials revealing tensions and rivalries to offer a unique account of the China–North Korea relationship. They unravel the twists and turns in high-level diplomacy between China and North Korea from the late 1940s to the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. Through unprecedented access to Chinese government documents, Soviet and Eastern European archives, and in-depth interviews with former Chinese diplomats and North Korean defectors, Shen and Xia reveal that the tensions that currently plague the alliance between the two countries have been present from the very beginning of the relationship. They significantly revise existing narratives of the Korean War, China’s postwar aid to North Korea, Kim Il-sung’s ideological and strategic thinking, North Korea’s relations with the Soviet Union, and the importance of the Sino-U.S. rapprochement, among other issues. A Misunderstood Friendship adds new depth to our understanding of one of the most secretive and significant relationships of the Cold War, with increasing relevance to international affairs today.

学界推荐：

Anyone who reads this groundbreaking study will gain a new perspective on current Sino-North Korean relations. Using a host of new Chinese materials, A Misunderstood Friendship reveals fascinating new details about both Chinese and North Korean policy. It will be a must-read for all who are interested in the Cold War in East Asia.

(Gregg Brazinsky, George Washington University, author of Winning the Third World: Sino-American Rivalry During the Cold War)

This pathbreaking book systematically uncovers the previously hidden history of relations between the Chinese and North Korean Communists. In their painstaking research, their sharp analysis, and their clear exposition, Shen and Xia show why they are considered among the world’s foremost Cold War historians. Given the importance of Cold War history for the dramatic events in Northeast Asia today, this book could not be more timely.

(Thomas J. Christensen, Columbia University, author of The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power)

This is the first scholarly book about the history of China’s relationship with North Korea, and no two scholars are better suited than Shen and Xia to take on this task. They have produced a superb book, drawing on a remarkable array of sources. Their book puts to rest some long-standing myths about Sino-North Korean relations and is therefore of immense value for scholars. Although the authors focus on the Cold War period, their survey is very much relevant to current policy debates about security on the Korean peninsula and will be extremely useful for a general audience as well.

(Mark Kramer, program director of Cold War studies, Harvard University, coeditor of Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain: The Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945–1989)

目录：

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Refuting a Historical Myth

1. Victory and Expansion of the Revolution in China and North Korea, 1945‒1950

2. Sharp Contradictions Among the Leadership, 1950‒1953

3. Chinese Economic Aid and Kim’s Juche Idea, 1953‒1956

4. Mao’s Policy of Mollification, 1957‒1960

5. North Korea’s Balancing Act, 1961‒1965

6. The Lowest Ebb, 1966‒1969

7. China’s Last Ally, 1970‒1976

Epilogue: China and North Korea in the Era of Deng Xiaoping

Notes

Bibliography

Index

作者简介：

沈志华：华东师范大学终身教授，华东师范大学周边国家研究院院长、国际冷战史中心主任。兼任社科院当代中国史研究所、亚太研究所研究员，北大历史系、人民大学兼职教授，香港中文大学当代中国文化研究所名誉研究员。著有《毛泽东、斯大林与朝鲜战争》、《中苏关系史纲》、《最后的天朝》等数十部史学名著，并主编《苏联历史档案选编》等多部大型史料集。

夏亚峰：暨南大学历史学系教授，兼任华东师范大学冷战国际史研究中心教授、华东师大-威尔逊中心冷战研究工作室主任、美国历史学会会员、美国外交史学会会员、美国人文社科在线英文电子期刊外交国际关系专栏（H-Diplo）书评编辑。