. >> history professor greg brezinski discusses the competition between the united states and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries during the cold war. he is the author of, winning the third world, american rivalry during cold war. this 90 minute event was co-hosted by the woodrow wilson center and the national history center. seminar featuring greg brezinski, which -- christian will introduce a one thend, is co-sponsored by woodrow wilson center's dish program, and its kissinger's -- institute as well as gw history department. with that, christian will and should is today's speaker. thank you. thank you eric. welcome to all of you. apologies for the slight lead. .e have since been covering the they've been patient with us in the past -- running over session. i feel good about giving them a .ouple minutes extra for set up be aware, you wille

this one is particularly special to me, the launch of greg brezinski's winning the third world sino-american rivalry during the cold war. greg, as many of you know, is associate professor of history and national affairs at george washington university, really one of this country's leading historical voices and historians of asia. he is author of nation building in south korea korean-americans in the making of a democracy. of course now, winning the third world. he is a friend and part of the wilson center family, is even more special. he was with us 2010, 2011 at the -- as the most senior fellowship you can get from the wilson center. he is a senior adviser to two of the programs at the center. his current work, he is on to his next project, of course, focuses very much to our delight north korean relations. you'd also working on a larger book on nation building in asia. it's a very, very special occasion to have you here, greg, to launch your new book. we launched your first one, and it is just fantastic lunch this launch this volume. copies of the book will be available for sale outside fo

. >> this weekend on american history tv, historian greg brezinski examines the competition between unitedates and china, to influence the newly independent african and asian countries during the cold war. most importantly -- the --o-asian conference in 1955 this speaker made a very important performance that did standing along a log -- among a lot of effort-asian countries that didn't have relations with it before. ofteng offing -- beijing represented itself as a nation that had suffered from imperialism in the past. it tried to create a leadership role for its self among afro-asian countries, as a successful example of postcolonial nationbuilding. business -- these were also a very important part of chinese diplomacy, sending diplomats abroad. constantly tried to raise its international profile lessening its representatives. -- to asia, africa, different afro-asian states. this included the famous 1964 visit to africa, regarding as a bold and important, also successful trip. do?ed states everything possible to undermine the chinese diplomacy and pressure the country loved you establish r

. >> history professor greg brezinski discusses the competition between the united states and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries during the cold war. he is the author of, "winning the third world, american rivalry during cold war." this 90 minute event was co-hosted by the woodrow wilson center and the national history center.

seminar featuring greg brezinski, which -- christian will introduce a one thend, is co-sponsored by woodrow wilson center's dish program, and its kissinger's -- institute as well as gw history department. with that, christian will and should is today's speaker. thank you. thank you eric. welcome to all of you. apologies for the slight lead. .e have since been covering the they've been patient with us in the past -- running over session. i feel good about giving them a .ouple minutes extra for set up be aware, you will be taped. we have, for those of you who have been with us for this spring semester, we have had a number of really great presentations and special events. this is one puts particularly me, the special to launch of greg brezinski's worldg the third sino-american rivalry during the cold war. know, isany of you associate professor of history and national affairs at george washington university, really one of this country's leading historical voices and historians of asia. of nation building in south korea korean-americans in the making of a democracy. of course now, winning the t

sunday, george washington university history professor greg brezinski discusses the cold war competition between the u.s. and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries. >> during the 1960's, the rivalry intensified, and this is an important point where, i think, to many american chinese activities in southeast asia and africa start to become as or more worrisome than soviet activities. a historiant 9:00, talks about confederate colonel john s mosby. >> general lee complained to stuart that mosby was firing in too many small groups. this decentralized way he operated did not make sense. he needed to mask his forces and pick one big target. that went completely against everything mosby was doing. his effectiveness was the fact that he could have 3, 4, 5, 6 different combat patrols out on any given night. announcer: for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. coming up, a look at the media industry and the impact of so-called fake news, followed by president trump signing two bills into law related to law enforcement. after that, sean spicer and scott pruitt taking que

. >> this weekend on american history tv, historian greg brezinski examines the competition between the.s. and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries during the cold war. here is a preview. greg: most importantly the afro asian conference in 1955, this is -- speaking before the conference in 1955 where he made a very important performance raise china'sd standing among a lot of afro asian countries that did not have relations before the conference. at these conferences, beijing often represented itself as a peaceful afro asian nation that had also suffered from imperialism in the past and it tried to create a leadership among afro asian countries as a successful example of postcolonial nationbuilding. were also a, these very important part of chinese diplomacy. sending diplomats abroad. china constantly tries to raise its international profile by sending its representatives most africa, twoasia and different states. famous 1964d the visit to africa, which was regarded as a bold and important , also a successful trip at the time. what did the united states do in

eastern george washington eastern professor greg brezinski discusses the cold where competition between the us and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries. >> during the 1960s this us rivalry intensified and this is an important point where i think too many american policymakers, chinese activities in southeast asia and africa start to become as or more worrisome than soviet activities. >> at nine eric talks about confederate colonel john s mosby. a couple different times generally complained to stewart's that mosby was fighting in too many small groups. this decentralized way that he operated didn't make sense. he needed to mask his forces and pick one big target. that went completely against everything that mosby was doing. his effectiveness was the fact that he could have three, four, five, six different combat patrols out and on every given night. >> for complete american history tv schedule go to c-span .org. >> on sunday author and journalist matt ty eb will be our guest on in depth. >> if you grow up looking at thousands and thousands of faces until one d