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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... proletarian revolution ( aided by the Red Army if necessary ) destroyed democracy and capitalism everywhere ; ( 4 ) Soviet foreign relations were completely coherent and under the highly cen- tralized control of the Politburo , which ...
... proletarian revolution ( aided by the Red Army if necessary ) destroyed democracy and capitalism everywhere ; ( 4 ) Soviet foreign relations were completely coherent and under the highly cen- tralized control of the Politburo , which ...
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... proletarian revolutions in Central and Western Europe did not follow forthwith from the revolution in Russia . Soviet Russia was left in a relatively isolated position as the first and only socialist state in an international system ...
... proletarian revolutions in Central and Western Europe did not follow forthwith from the revolution in Russia . Soviet Russia was left in a relatively isolated position as the first and only socialist state in an international system ...
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... were not being transformed by proletarian revolution , that were becoming both relatively and absolutely more prosperous and powerful , that were being integrated into an increasingly stable international system , and that 8 / Introduction.
... were not being transformed by proletarian revolution , that were becoming both relatively and absolutely more prosperous and powerful , that were being integrated into an increasingly stable international system , and that 8 / Introduction.
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... proletarian revolution . Here Lenin's theory is significant in two ways . With it he made national differences a crucial element in the causation and inception of socialist revolution , and he created theoretical space for ...
... proletarian revolution . Here Lenin's theory is significant in two ways . With it he made national differences a crucial element in the causation and inception of socialist revolution , and he created theoretical space for ...
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... proletarian revolution to several , if not all , of the major powers of Europe . Second , they expected that the Russian Revolution would detonate a chain reaction of socialist revolutions that would spread throughout Europe and the ...
... proletarian revolution to several , if not all , of the major powers of Europe . Second , they expected that the Russian Revolution would detonate a chain reaction of socialist revolutions that would spread throughout Europe and the ...
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