{"product_id":"britain-the-us-and-chinas-bruno-pierri-9781032486611","title":"Britain, the US and China's Anti-Soviet Stance in the Cold War: Containment and Trade, 1977-1980","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book shows how international trade was a key part of the classic Western policy of containment towards the Soviet Union in the Cold War in the late 1970s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrade and containment may summarise the new relation that communist China moulded with the capitalistic West in the late 1970s. Ideology had become less important and a rapprochement between the PRC (People's Republic of China) and the Western powers over trade, with the purpose of isolating and weakening the common Russian rival, was practically unavoidable. Within a relatively short span of time the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific area had been reversed. Simply put, Beijing's market was too big to be ignored and the Atlantic allies collaborated, sometimes even competing with each other, to allow China access to the centres of world finance. However, the Western powers had not realised that Beijing would never pursue alignment with them. On the contrary, the increased trading and financial linkage with capitalistic countries gave China room to manoeuvre, enabling it to play the Western states off against each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of much interest to students of Cold War Studies, Chinese history, foreign policy and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruno Pierri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032486619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032486611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.35d","brand":"Bruno Pierri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48999894614271,"sku":"9781032486611","price":60.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/britain-the-us-and-chinas-bruno-pierri-9781032486611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}