Cold War Island Quemoy on the Front Line

Name: Cold War Island Quemoy on the Front Line
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ISBN: 9780521726405

ISBN-10: 0521726409

ISBN-13: 9780521726405

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Szï¿½nyi

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During the height of the Cold War in the 1950s the small island of Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait was the front line in the military standoff between Chiang Kai-sheks Republic of China and Mao Zedongs Peoples Republic. Local society and culture were dramatically transformed. Michael Szonyi uses oral history, official documents, and dissident writings to convey the history of the island during this period. In so doing, he sheds light on the social and cultural impact of the Cold War on those who lived through it, as well as on the relationship between China, the United States and the USSR at this critical moment. By analysing the effects of Quemoys distinctive geopolitical situation on the…

Book details

List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/17/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.90" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



List of illustrations and tables


Preface


List of abbreviations


Maps



Introduction: ordinary life in an extraordinary place



Geopoliticization ascendant



The Battle of Guningtou



Politics of the war zone, 1949-1960



The 1954-5 Artillery War



Militarization and the Jinmen Civilian Self-Defense Forces, 1949-1960



The 1958 Artillery War



Militarization and geopoliticization change course



The 1960s: creating a Model County of the Three Principles of the People



The 1970s: combat villages and underground Jinmen



Life in Cold War-time



Combat economy



Women's lives: military brothels, parades, and emblems of mobilized modernity



Ghosts and gods of the Cold War



Demilitarization and postmilitarization



Demilitarization and postmilitarization



Memory and politics



Conclusion: redoubled marginality


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index