ABSTRACT
This book examines the crucial formative period of Chinese attitudes toward nuclear weapons - the immediate post-Hiroshima/Nagasaki period and the Korean War. It provides a detailed account of U.S. actions and attitudes during this period and China's response, which was especially acute after both countries had entered the Korean conflict as enemies. This response dispels some of the myths that have long existed regarding China's perceptions of nuclear war.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|208 pages
Prewar and Early Korean War
part II|203 pages
Korean Stalemate
part III|172 pages
Chinese Defenses and the Korean Armistice