Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - PART 1: THE PERIOD OF GERMINATION AND PREPARATION, 1910s-1940s - Roots of Zhou's Pragmatism - Zhou's Early Views on International Relations and Foreign Policy - The May Fourth Movement of 1919, Marxism-Leninism, and Zhou's Evolving World-View - Zhou and United Front Politics in China - PART 2: REFINED NEGOTIATING SKILLS AND THE POWER BASE - Zhou's Negotiating Skills and Strategy Prior to the CCP's Rise to National Power in 1949 - The Structure and Process of Foreign-Policymaking in China from 1949 to 1975, and Zhou's Role - PART 3: THE REALITY OF NATIONAL POWER AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY - Zhou and Sino-Soviet Relations - Zhou and the Evolution of Sino-US Relations - The Third World in Zhou's Global Strategy - Conclusion: The Foundations of Chinese Foreign Policy Under Zhou's Guidance - Notes - Bibliography - Index