realizing the abstraction of a unified Communist block was pretty faulty, and national interests superseded any ideological fidelity to the Communist cause. In

realizing the abstraction of a unified Communist block was pretty faulty, and national interests superseded any ideological fidelity to the Communist cause. Interesting perspective. I think sino-soviet split, which was ideological, not nationalist, led Viet Nam to align with Moscow and Pol Pot with Beijing. This split was exploited.