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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... threat to capitalist Europe and its dependen- cies , are increasingly regarded as a series of disasters for both international Communism and Soviet foreign relations . Glasnost and perestroika ( 1985-91 ) evoked a largely conservative ...
... threat to capitalist Europe and its dependen- cies , are increasingly regarded as a series of disasters for both international Communism and Soviet foreign relations . Glasnost and perestroika ( 1985-91 ) evoked a largely conservative ...
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... 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 shared a " community of fate " as nations against which the World War ...
... 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 shared a " community of fate " as nations against which the World War ...
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... threat of imperialist intervention had been eliminated by the spread of 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 ...
... threat of imperialist intervention had been eliminated by the spread of 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 ...
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... threat posed by Fascism . Instead , from 1924 to 1934 , Comintern spokes- men from Radek , Trotsky , and Zinoviev to Stalin and Bukharin associated the two forces within the doctrine of " social - fascism . " 50 Again the effect was to ...
... threat posed by Fascism . Instead , from 1924 to 1934 , Comintern spokes- men from Radek , Trotsky , and Zinoviev to Stalin and Bukharin associated the two forces within the doctrine of " social - fascism . " 50 Again the effect was to ...
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