Recast all under heaven : revolution, war, diplomacy, and frontier China in the 20th century /
Xiaoyuan Liu.
- New York : Continuum, 2010.
- x, 267 p. : 24 cm.
Modern Transformation of Chinese Territoriality -- Territoriality -- Historical China -- Sovereignty -- Transformation -- China's Central Asian Identity -- Chinese Nationalism -- Frontier Nationalism -- Failure of Containment -- Resume China's Korean Connection -- Illusive Greatness -- Abortive Partnership -- Elusive Contingencies -- Recast China's Role in Vietnam -- "Big Brother" -- Options -- Drifting -- Reassert Chinese Authority in a Frontier -- "Mongolian Question" -- "International Conspiracy" -- "Restoration" -- "National Question" with Chinese Characteristics -- Bolshevism in China -- Revolutionary Independence -- Interethnic Contact -- Two Wings of Nationalism -- Solve Rubik's Cube in the Steppes -- Bloc, National, and Ethnic Politics -- National and Frontier Priorities -- Autonomy as Rebellion -- Break the Vicious Circle along the Himalayas -- Reverse a Verdict -- Convert the Dalai Lama -- Reform Tibet, or Not -- "Let Them Go" -- The United States and Frontier China -- European and Asian "Minorities" -- "Chinese Unification" -- China's "Three Corners" -- Politics of "Color" and "Shape" -- Mongolia between Beijing and Moscow -- From Party to State -- Old and New "Kitchen" -- American Wedge -- Mongolian Crack -- Cold and Hot Wars along the Himalayas -- Second Cold War Front -- Covert Operations -- From Friends to Foes -- From Comrades to Adversaries. Chapter One. Chapter Two. Chapter Three. Chapter Four. Chapter Five. Chapter Six. Chapter Seven. Chapter Eight. Chapter Nine. Chapter Ten. Chapter Eleven.