East-West Conflict and Sino-Soviet Relations

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The hypothesis that a high level of intercoalition conflict tends Studies in to increase intracoalition unity, whereas more relaxed relations International between blocs tend to magnify differences within the alliance, Conflict and was examined in the context of Sino-Soviet relations. Seventy Integration eight documents written by leading Chinese and Soviet decision Stanford makers in five periods during the years 1959-1963 were content University analyzed through the Stanford version of the "General Inquirer" on the IBM 7090. The data revealed that during the most intense period of the Cuban crises of 1961 and 1962 both Chinese and Soviet perceptions of American policy were overwhelmingly on the negative, strong, and active ends of the evaluative, potency, and activity dimensions. During the three periods of lower East-West tension, differences between Chinese and Soviet perceptions were greater than in the high tension periods on all three dimensions.

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