Cover Page -- MAO'S CHINA AND THE COLD WAR -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND TABLE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR AND THE RISE OF THE COLD WAR IN EAST ASIA, 1945-1946 -- CHAPTER 2 THE MYTH OF AMERICA'S LOST CHANCE IN CHINA -- CHAPTER 3 MAO'S CONTINUOUS REVOLUTION AND THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE SINO-SOVIET ALLIANCE, 1949-1963 -- CHAPTER 4 CHINA'S STRATEGIES TO END THE KOREAN WAR, 1950-1953 -- CHAPTER 5 CHINA AND THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR, 1950-1954 -- CHAPTER 6 BEIJING AND THE POLISH AND HUNGARIAN CRISES OF 1956 -- CHAPTER 7 BEIJING AND THE TAIWAN STRAIT CRISIS OF 1958 -- CHAPTER 8 CHINA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIETNAM WAR, 1964-1969 -- CHAPTER 9 THE SINO-AMERICAN RAPPROCHEMENT, 1969-1972 -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY -- INDEX.