Any books in English on Korea/Nam Wars from PRC view?

[MellowDrama]

With NK in the news, I have been looking into China's role in the NK and Vietnam Wars. From what I understand from the few articles I have digged up on the Net, the CCP (Chinese Com. Party) saw both wars as NECESSARY for the survival of the republic, in essence, securing the borders and the political gains of the "Communist Revolution" once and for all.

How come I never hear of this view in Western media? Now I'm not saying PRC NK/Nam relations are anywhere near like that anymore, but to just totally say "Oh well China doesn't care about NK anymore and would chuck NK for the right price" is just total noecon fantasy talk, IMHO. You cannot divorce the present from the history.

Any books on this matter would be appreciated.

[SunWuKong]

With NK in the news, I have been looking into China's role in the NK and Vietnam Wars. From what I understand from the few articles I have digged up on the Net, the CCP (Chinese Com. Party) saw both wars as NECESSARY for the survival of the republic, in essence, securing the borders and the political gains of the "Communist Revolution" once and for all.

How come I never hear of this view in Western media? Now I'm not saying PRC NK/Nam relations are anywhere near like that anymore, but to just totally say "Oh well China doesn't care about NK anymore and would chuck NK for the right price" is just total noecon fantasy talk, IMHO. You cannot divorce the present from the history.

Any books on this matter would be appreciated.


i have not read an English book that particularly focuses on this subject, but this biography on Zhou Enlai (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1568360843/qid=1062048368/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-1701083-3138241?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) does talk about the necessity of being involved in the Korean War from the Chinese perspective, and how the top leaders in the CCP were actually quite angry at the USSR for not wanting to be directly involved.