Cold War Comrades: An Emotional History of the Sino-North Korean Alliance (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009633314)

In this major new interpretation of Sino-North Korean relations, Gregg A. Brazinsky argues that neither the PRC nor the DPRK would have survived as socialist states without the ideal of Sino-North Korean friendship. Chinese and North Korean leaders encouraged mutual empathy and sentimental attachments between their citizens and then used these emotions to strengthen popular commitment to socialist state building. Drawing on an array of previously unexamined Chinese and North Korean sources, Brazinsky shows how mutual empathy helped to shape political, military, and cultural interactions between the two socialist allies. He explains why the unique relationship that Beijing and Pyongyang forged during the Korean War remained important throughout the Cold War and how it continues to influence the international relations of East Asia today.

Author: Gregg A. Brazinsky
ISBN-10: 1009633317
ISBN-13: 9781009633314
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/08/2026
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.38w x 0.82d