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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... early Soviet Union that had been underway in North America , the United Kingdom , and Europe during the previous two decades or more and , second , in the new appreciation of pre - Stalinist models for Soviet politics and economy that ...
... early Soviet Union that had been underway in North America , the United Kingdom , and Europe during the previous two decades or more and , second , in the new appreciation of pre - Stalinist models for Soviet politics and economy that ...
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... early Soviet Union . My debt is to those scholars who have engaged in the study of the early USSR , who have increased our understanding and altered our conceptions of the period , and on whose writings this work relies . I am ...
... early Soviet Union . My debt is to those scholars who have engaged in the study of the early USSR , who have increased our understanding and altered our conceptions of the period , and on whose writings this work relies . I am ...
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... early Soviet foreign relations began with Louis Fischer's The Soviets in World Affairs ( 1930 ) , the work of a historian with direct knowledge of the events of the time , with personal access to important Soviet diplomats , 1 Introduction.
... early Soviet foreign relations began with Louis Fischer's The Soviets in World Affairs ( 1930 ) , the work of a historian with direct knowledge of the events of the time , with personal access to important Soviet diplomats , 1 Introduction.
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... early Soviet politics , foreign relations , and strategies of economic development , and which transcended the " totalitarian " and " Communist ideology " mod- els of Soviet foreign relations that had prevailed since the 1950s.3 Each of ...
... early Soviet politics , foreign relations , and strategies of economic development , and which transcended the " totalitarian " and " Communist ideology " mod- els of Soviet foreign relations that had prevailed since the 1950s.3 Each of ...
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... early Soviet history . These two research endeavors — one directed to foreign relations , the other to early Soviet society — developed simultaneously . For the most part , however , they were undertaken without reference to one another ...
... early Soviet history . These two research endeavors — one directed to foreign relations , the other to early Soviet society — developed simultaneously . For the most part , however , they were undertaken without reference to one another ...
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