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A short summary cannot do justice to this book's richness. Radchenko's mastery of Soviet archives is outstanding ... [A] very fine monograph. --Xiaojia Hou, China Review International Reading this interesting and well-balanced history of five crucial years in Sino-Soviet diplomacy is like watching a slow-motion train wreck, as the reader becomes an eyewitness to relations declining from bad to worse between the two socialists superpowers. --Bruce A. Elleman, The Russian Review. I this richly, eloquently written book, Radchenko provides an in-depth, incisive assessment of the turbulent relationship between Beijing and Moscow against a broad international backdrop from 1962 to 1976...His study in large measures transcends conventional interpretations and enriches the current scholarship on Sino-Soviet relations. --G. Zheng, Choice. [Two Suns in the Heavens] succeeds in using a broad range of new materials to produce an unusually nuanced and insightful analysis of Soviet management of the dispute, as well as a provocative new of Mao's approach to it. --Steven M. Goldstein, China Prespectives. This book is an excellent addition to the burgeoning literature on the international relations of the communist bloc during the Cold War. --Nicholas Khoo, International Affairs ... the book is a real contribution to our understanding of the period and its main actors. --The China Journal Making excellent use of new archival materials, Sergey Radchenko illuminates a topic that we have known only in general outlines. Two Suns in the Heavens gives us a very fine understanding of the texture of the Sino-Soviet relationship, and of its twists and turns. --David Holloway,Stanford University Two Suns in the Heavens represents a major contribution to the study of Sino-Soviet relations as well as the study of Cold War international history. --Chen Jian, Cornell University

Making excellent use of new archival materials, Sergey Radchenko illuminates a topic that we have known only in general outlines. Two Suns in the Heavens gives us a very fine understanding of the texture of the Sino-Soviet relationship, and of its twists and turns. - David Holloway, Stanford University

A short summary cannot do justice to this book's richness. Radchenko's mastery of Soviet archives is outstanding ... [A] very fine monograph. -Xiaojia Hou, China Review International Reading this interesting and well-balanced history of five crucial years in Sino-Soviet diplomacy is like watching a slow-motion train wreck, as the reader becomes an eyewitness to relations declining from bad to worse between the two socialists superpowers. -Bruce A. Elleman, The Russian Review. I this richly, eloquently written book, Radchenko provides an in-depth, incisive assessment of the turbulent relationship between Beijing and Moscow against a broad international backdrop from 1962 to 1976...His study in large measures transcends conventional interpretations and enriches the current scholarship on Sino-Soviet relations. -G. Zheng, Choice. [Two Suns in the Heavens] succeeds in using a broad range of new materials to produce an unusually nuanced and insightful analysis of Soviet management of the dispute, as well as a provocative new of Mao's approach to it. -Steven M. Goldstein, China Prespectives. This book is an excellent addition to the burgeoning literature on the international relations of the communist bloc during the Cold War. -Nicholas Khoo, International Affairs ... the book is a real contribution to our understanding of the period and its main actors. -The China Journal Making excellent use of new archival materials, Sergey Radchenko illuminates a topic that we have known only in general outlines. Two Suns in the Heavens gives us a very fine understanding of the texture of the Sino-Soviet relationship, and of its twists and turns. -David Holloway,Stanford University Two Suns in the Heavens represents a major contribution to the study of Sino-Soviet relations as well as the study of Cold War international history. -Chen Jian, Cornell University

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Sergey Radchenko is a Fellow in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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