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. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994. The 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 for |
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... Trotsky , who was always wrong — were not mentioned , and failures were not discussed . Under condi- tions of open investigation and access to archival material , the repersonal- ization of historical writing on Soviet foreign relations ...
... Trotsky , who was always wrong — were not mentioned , and failures were not discussed . Under condi- tions of open investigation and access to archival material , the repersonal- ization of historical writing on Soviet foreign relations ...
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... Trotsky ) , along with the importance he attributed to the global economy , to the state , to national diversity , and to conflict among nations , represented significant contribu- tions to socialist thought . Karl Marx had left an ...
... Trotsky ) , along with the importance he attributed to the global economy , to the state , to national diversity , and to conflict among nations , represented significant contribu- tions to socialist thought . Karl Marx had left an ...
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... Trotsky to justify what he would soon call " the strategy of temporary retreat " to the assembled Communists of Europe , America , and Asia at the Third Comintern Con- gress in June - July . " At that time , in 1919 , " he said in a ...
... Trotsky to justify what he would soon call " the strategy of temporary retreat " to the assembled Communists of Europe , America , and Asia at the Third Comintern Con- gress in June - July . " At that time , in 1919 , " he said in a ...
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... Trotsky recognized the impossibility of transforming Rus- sia's war with Germany into a European - wide war of revolutionary pro- letarians against their capitalist oppressors . Instead Lenin gathered support within the party for a ...
... Trotsky recognized the impossibility of transforming Rus- sia's war with Germany into a European - wide war of revolutionary pro- letarians against their capitalist oppressors . Instead Lenin gathered support within the party for a ...
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... Trotsky's successor as people's commissar for foreign affairs , called the Estonian treaty " the first experiment in peaceful coexistence with bourgeois states " and " a dress rehearsal for understanding with the Entente . " Soon ...
... Trotsky's successor as people's commissar for foreign affairs , called the Estonian treaty " the first experiment in peaceful coexistence with bourgeois states " and " a dress rehearsal for understanding with the Entente . " Soon ...
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