Cold War · BATTLE SITE ·
Sino-Soviet border conflict (1969)
On the Cold War map as “Clash on the Ussuri”
2–15 Mar 1969 — Soviet and Chinese troops kill each other over a frozen river island; Moscow sounds out Washington about striking China’s nuclear sites. The communist world is now two rivals — and both need America.
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- Détente and Nixon in China (chapter 9 of Cold War)
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- The Cold War, 1945–1991
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