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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... third challenge became evident by late 1926. By this time the economies of the industrialized nations of Europe had recovered from the devastation of the World War and from the dislocations of the postwar inflation . Industrial ...
... third challenge became evident by late 1926. By this time the economies of the industrialized nations of Europe had recovered from the devastation of the World War and from the dislocations of the postwar inflation . Industrial ...
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... third anniversary of the October Revolution . Thereafter he acknowledged in his public speeches that he had given up the expectation that revolution would soon spread to Europe . Beginning on 21 December 1920 , when he spoke of " world ...
... third anniversary of the October Revolution . Thereafter he acknowledged in his public speeches that he had given up the expectation that revolution would soon spread to Europe . Beginning on 21 December 1920 , when he spoke of " world ...
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... third imperialist war was neither desirable nor necessary to the collapse of capitalism ; socialism would triumph through economic and ideological competition.47 This doc- trine amounted to a significant departure from the doctrine of ...
... third imperialist war was neither desirable nor necessary to the collapse of capitalism ; socialism would triumph through economic and ideological competition.47 This doc- trine amounted to a significant departure from the doctrine of ...
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... Third Congress in June - July 1921 acknowledged that European - wide revolution was a matter of years rather than of months , the terms of international Communist solidarity changed accordingly . By the time of the Fourth Congress in ...
... Third Congress in June - July 1921 acknowledged that European - wide revolution was a matter of years rather than of months , the terms of international Communist solidarity changed accordingly . By the time of the Fourth Congress in ...
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... Third , in the months following the Fifth Congress in June - July 1924 , the construction of " socialism in one country " became " the essential deter- mining factor of the ' world revolution . ' " 13 By 1926 the purposes of inter ...
... Third , in the months following the Fifth Congress in June - July 1924 , the construction of " socialism in one country " became " the essential deter- mining factor of the ' world revolution . ' " 13 By 1926 the purposes of inter ...
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