When the Soviet Union Entered World PoliticsThe dissolution of the Soviet Union has aroused much interest in the USSR's role in world politics during its 74-year history and in how the international relations of the twentieth century were shaped by the Soviet Union. Jon Jacobson examines Soviet foreign relations during the period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the first Five-Year Plan, focusing on the problems confronting the Bolsheviks as they sought to promote national security and economic development. He demonstrates the central importance of foreign relations to the political imagination of Soviet leaders, both in their plans for industrialization and in the struggle for supremacy among Lenin's successors. Jacobson adopts a post-Cold War interpretative stance, incorporating glasnost and perestroika-era revelations. He also considers Soviet relations with both Europe and Asia from a global perspective, integrating the two modes of early Soviet foreign relations—revolution and diplomacy—into a coherent discussion. Most significantly, he synthesizes the wealth of information that became available to scholars since the 1960s. The result is a stimulating work of international history that interfaces with the sophisticated existing body of scholarship on early Soviet history. |
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... Communism as a force in world politics , I became increasingly interested in the prospects for thinking of Soviet foreign relations as a thing of the past . That project entailed , it seemed to me , transcending concerns and assumptions ...
... Communism as a force in world politics , I became increasingly interested in the prospects for thinking of Soviet foreign relations as a thing of the past . That project entailed , it seemed to me , transcending concerns and assumptions ...
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... Communism and Soviet foreign relations . Glasnost and perestroika ( 1985-91 ) evoked a largely conservative re- sponse from the Soviet historical establishment . In an article entitled " The History of the USSR's Foreign Policy ; the ...
... Communism and Soviet foreign relations . Glasnost and perestroika ( 1985-91 ) evoked a largely conservative re- sponse from the Soviet historical establishment . In an article entitled " The History of the USSR's Foreign Policy ; the ...
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Jon Jacobson. hegemony in Eastern Europe , and the demise of Communism on an inter- national scale require new assessments both of the foreign relations the USSR conducted for more than seventy years and of how the international history ...
Jon Jacobson. hegemony in Eastern Europe , and the demise of Communism on an inter- national scale require new assessments both of the foreign relations the USSR conducted for more than seventy years and of how the international history ...
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... Communists of Europe , America , and Asia at the Third Comintern Con- gress in June - July . " At that time , in 1919 ... Communism and the adoption of what would be called the New Economic Policy ( NEP ) Foundations of Soviet Foreign ...
... Communists of Europe , America , and Asia at the Third Comintern Con- gress in June - July . " At that time , in 1919 ... Communism and the adoption of what would be called the New Economic Policy ( NEP ) Foundations of Soviet Foreign ...
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... Communism had left the Russian economy near collapse . And by February 1921 , destruction of the economic infrastruc- ture , diminished resources , shortages of goods , lack of services , and , above all , low farm production and famine ...
... Communism had left the Russian economy near collapse . And by February 1921 , destruction of the economic infrastruc- ture , diminished resources , shortages of goods , lack of services , and , above all , low farm production and famine ...
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