Introduction
1. Card Player
2. Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier
3. The Triangle
4. Vietnam's Vietnam
5. Close the Past, Open the Future
6. Tiger's Lair
7. A Millimeter of Progress
8. There Are Some Things Money Can't Buy
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Sergey Radchenko is Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus, People's Republic of China. He is the author of Two Suns in the Heavens: The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967 and co-author of The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War.
"Analytical, objective, and large in scope, Radchenko's study of
Soviet politics is essential reading for those seeking a realistic
picture of the balance of global power."--Publishers Weekly
"Unwanted Visionaries is a must-read for specialists on Asia,
diplomatic historians, and students of the late Soviet period. It
is thoroughly researched and carefully documented, eminently
readable, and provides a much-needed corrective to studies of the
period that focus on Gorbachev's dramatic overtures in Europe. The
story that Radchenko so skillfully recounts is of a far different
approach to Asia, one that was based in realpolitik but foundered
on
ideological preconceptions, missed opportunities, and a lack of
creative diplomacy." --Charles E. Ziegler, Slavic Review
"Sergey Radchenko has written a hugely insightful and informative
book, which provides a truly superb and comprehensive narrative of
the Soviet Union's involvement in Asia in the last decade or so of
its existence. Revealed in the book's narrative is the author's
solid mastery of both the details and the larger picture, supported
by extensive multiarchival and multilingual research. This
undoubtedly is the best historical account on the subject to
date."--Chen
Jian, Cornell University
"Richly documented through previously unmined archival sources and
eminently readable, Unwanted Visionaries offers a provocative and
controversial new synthesis of Soviet Asia policy in the last phase
of the Cold War. Sergey Radchenko provides essential historical
context for understanding Asia's dynamics today."--Christian F.
Ostermann, Woodrow Wilson Center
"This masterful book fills huge gaps in knowledge in international
relations, Asian studies and diplomatic history. It showcases the
study of bilateral relations at its best, sets an admirable example
for prodigious research, and clarifies the fateful 1980s in Asia
the way nothing else does. While nearly all eyes focused on Europe
in this final stage of Soviet diplomacy, the story of the end of
Asia's Cold War, as told by a relentless scholar, is richer in
insights for today's mounting challenges."--Gilbert Rozman,
Princeton University and editor of The Asan Forum
"Unwanted Visionaries is a major contribution to our understanding
of how and why the global Cold War came to a conclusion."--H-Net
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