Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index.
Card players: the origins of Sino-Soviet rapprochement, 1982-85 -- Lost opportunities: Japan and the Soviet Union, 1982-1987 -- The rise and fall of Gorbachev's vision for Asia, 1985-89 -- Vietnam's vietnam: ending the Cambodian quagmire, 1979-89 -- Sino-Soviet normalization, 1989-91 -- Moscow and Seoul mend fences, 1986-90 -- Tokyo's miscalculation, 1988-89 -- Equation with many variables: Soviet-Japanese relations, 1990-91 -- Epilogue