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Department of History

 
   

 

Dr. Michael Sheng

Professor

Office: STRO 410
Phone: (417)836-5511

Education:

BA in History, Shanghai Normal University, 1982

MA in History, University of New Brunswick, 1988

Ph. D. in History, York University, Toronto, 1992

Recent Publications:

"Mao and China's Relations with the Superpowers in the 1950s: A New Look at the Taiwan Strait Crisis and the Sino-Soviet Split," Modern China, forthcoming, spring 2008.

"Mao, Tibet, and the Korean War," Journal of Cold War Studies, summer 2006.

"Mao's Formative Years Revisited," The Chinese Historical Review, Fall 2005, pp. 230-262.

"Mao and the Korean War: A Personality Account," The New England Journal of History, Spring 2004, pp. 212-226.

"The Psychology of the Korean War: The Role of Ideology and Perception in China's Entry into the War," The Journal of Conflict Studies, Spring 2002, pp. 56-72.

Battering Western Imperialism: Mao, Stalin, and the United States, Princeton University Press, 1997

 

Courses Taught:

HST 380: East Asian Civilizations, I

HST 381: East Asian Civilizations, II

HST 492: Senior Seminar on Modern China

HST 571: Modern China

HST 640: Nation Building in China and
                      China's International Relations

HST 121: U.S. History to 1865

HST 122: U.S. History since 1865

 

Policy Statements

Mao and Korean War

Mao's Personality Disorder
 

  

 
 
 

 

Courses Offered:

HST 380: E. Asian Civilizations, I

HST 381: E. Asian Civilizations, II

HST 571: Modern China and Sino-US Relations

HST 492: Modern China