Cold War in Asia—the Korean War and China's Sending Troops to North Korea

Based on multinational archives (China, Russia, the United States, and South Korea), it restores China's decision-making process to resist U. S. Aggression and aid Korea, reveals the tripartite interaction between Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Kim Il-sung, and analyzes the motivations and costs of China's participation in the war and its far-reaching impact on Sino-Soviet relations and the Cold War order in East Asia.