EPISODE · Dec 19, 2022 · 28 MIN
How the CIA tried to overthrow Mao Zedong - with John Delury
from World Review from the New Statesman
As the contemporary rivalry between the US and China heats up, Katie Stallard speaks to the Cold War historian John Delury about the history of subversion and mutual suspicion between the two powers. They discuss Delury’s new book Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T Downey and the CIA’s Covert War in China, the extent of US intelligence operations in China during the early Cold War, and the lessons for the future of US-China relations.If you have a question for You Ask Us go to newstatesman.com/YouaskusRead more: What Kim Jong Un really wantsNixon in China: the complicated legacy of a week that changed the worldHow Xi Jinping views the world Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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As the contemporary rivalry between the US and China heats up, Katie Stallard speaks to the Cold War historian John Delury about the history of subversion and mutual suspicion between the two powers. They discuss Delury’s new book Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T Downey and the CIA’s Covert War in China, the extent of US intelligence operations in China during the early Cold War, and the lessons for the future of US-China relations.If you have a question for You Ask Us go to newstatesman.com/YouaskusRead more: What Kim Jong Un really wantsNixon in China: the complicated legacy of a week that changed the worldHow Xi Jinping views the world Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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