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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... revolution the Soviet leadership promoted in Europe or Asia . Sponsoring revolution abroad could both augment Soviet national security or , to the contrary , put it at risk . Soviet Russia's integration into the world economy or ...
... revolution the Soviet leadership promoted in Europe or Asia . Sponsoring revolution abroad could both augment Soviet national security or , to the contrary , put it at risk . Soviet Russia's integration into the world economy or ...
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... revolution , the Civil War , and the abeyance of the current German threat . Although Lenin and Wilson each proclaimed a new world order in 1916- 17 , neither they nor their successors found a common purpose . While Russia and Germany ...
... revolution , the Civil War , and the abeyance of the current German threat . Although Lenin and Wilson each proclaimed a new world order in 1916- 17 , neither they nor their successors found a common purpose . While Russia and Germany ...
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... Revolution in Russia By the time he led the Bolsheviks to power in Russia in 1917 , Lenin had developed a highly sophisticated concept of international relations.1 In a number of works written in the years immediately before the October ...
... Revolution in Russia By the time he led the Bolsheviks to power in Russia in 1917 , Lenin had developed a highly sophisticated concept of international relations.1 In a number of works written in the years immediately before the October ...
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... 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 postrevolutionary ...
... 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 postrevolutionary ...
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... 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 world in a ...
... 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 world in a ...
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