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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... capital merged ; a powerful oligarchy of " finance capital " appeared ; the further development and survival of the world economy depended on the export of capital as well as of commodities ; global monopolies appropriated the world's ...
... capital merged ; a powerful oligarchy of " finance capital " appeared ; the further development and survival of the world economy depended on the export of capital as well as of commodities ; global monopolies appropriated the world's ...
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... capital were invited to participate in the Soviet economy on a concessionary basis , for NEP was intended to promote the conditions in which Soviet Russia could conduct foreign trade and gain access to the technology of Europe and ...
... capital were invited to participate in the Soviet economy on a concessionary basis , for NEP was intended to promote the conditions in which Soviet Russia could conduct foreign trade and gain access to the technology of Europe and ...
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... capital to this end . " 35 With this demarche , " peaceful coexistence " reached a new level of importance in Soviet policy . By October 1921 it had become a means of exploiting the prospective benefits of the new international ...
... capital to this end . " 35 With this demarche , " peaceful coexistence " reached a new level of importance in Soviet policy . By October 1921 it had become a means of exploiting the prospective benefits of the new international ...
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... capital- ism itself brought them into the imperialist system and educated them for the struggle against itself . Adding the population of Russia to that of the colonies and semicolonies of Asia resulted in a geopolitical entity 42 ...
... capital- ism itself brought them into the imperialist system and educated them for the struggle against itself . Adding the population of Russia to that of the colonies and semicolonies of Asia resulted in a geopolitical entity 42 ...
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... capital " —the postwar ebbing of the revolutionary tide and a decline in real wages . They were also a response to the less than completely successful results of implementing the " Twenty - one Condi- tions " —a split in the ...
... capital " —the postwar ebbing of the revolutionary tide and a decline in real wages . They were also a response to the less than completely successful results of implementing the " Twenty - one Condi- tions " —a split in the ...
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