The Soviet Union in World Politics : Coexistence, Revolution and Cold War, 1945-1991.

By: Roberts, GeoffreyMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The Making of the Contemporary World SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (149 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203983461Subject(s): Soviet Union - Foreign relations - 1945-1991Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Soviet Union in World Politics : Coexistence, Revolution and Cold War, 1945-1991DDC classification: 320.947 LOC classification: DK267 -- .R468 1999ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of highlights in Soviet foreign policy, 1945-91 -- Map 1 -- Map 2 -- Map 3 -- Map 4 -- 1 Perspectives on postwar Soviet foreign policy -- INTRODUCTION -- SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY AND THE COLD WAR -- PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND REVOLUTION -- SECURITY, POWER, IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS -- EVIDENCE AND ARCHIVES -- NOTE: SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKING -- 2 Coexistence, revolution and the cold war, 1945-56 -- OVERVIEW -- SOVIET PEACE AIMS AND THE GRAND ALLIANCE, 1945-7 -- OUTBREAK AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLD WAR, 1947-50 -- THE GERMAN QUESTION -- THE KOREAN WAR -- COEXISTENCE AND THE COLD WAR, 1950-6 -- 3 Coexistence, crisis and schism -- OVERVIEW -- PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND NATIONAL LIBERATION -- THE POLISH AND HUNGARIAN CRISES OF 1956 -- THE BERLIN CRISIS, 1958-61 -- THE SINO-SOVIET SPLIT -- THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS -- NUCLEAR POLITICS -- 4 The rise and fall of détente, 1964-85 -- OVERVIEW -- ORIGINS OF DÉTENTE -- DÉTENTE DEFLECTED: THE INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1968 -- SOVIET-AMERICAN DÉTENTE, 1970-6 -- THE DECLINE OF DÉTENTE -- 5 From coexistence to collaboration -- OVERVIEW -- GORBACHEV'S NEW THINKING ON SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY -- THE CREATION OF A NEW DÉTENTE, 1985-8 -- THE FALL OF COMMUNISMIN EASTERN EUROPE, 1989 -- THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE END OF THE USSR, 1990-1 -- 6 Conclusion -- Biographical notes on major Soviet figures -- Guide to further reading -- 1 GENERAL HISTORIES -- 2 ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR -- 3 THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA -- 4 DÉTENTE -- 5 GORBACHEV -- 6 THE BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 7 THE COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PROJECT (CWIHP) -- Select bibliography -- BOOKS -- ARTICLES -- MEMOIRS -- UNPUBLISHED SOURCES -- Index.
Summary: The Soviet Union in World Politics provides an introductory history of Soviet foreign policy and international relations from 1945 to the end of the Cold War and the break up of the USSR. The book summarizes historical and political controversies about Soviet foreign policy and brings the latest research to bear on these debates. The Soviet Union in World Politics interprets the latest evidence available from the Soviet archives and includes * summaries of the main events in Soviet Policy from 1917-1945 * a framework for student discussion of relevant issues * guides to further reading and research * exploration of the role of ideology in the Cold War * discussion of Stalin's role in the formulation of policy.
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Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of highlights in Soviet foreign policy, 1945-91 -- Map 1 -- Map 2 -- Map 3 -- Map 4 -- 1 Perspectives on postwar Soviet foreign policy -- INTRODUCTION -- SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY AND THE COLD WAR -- PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND REVOLUTION -- SECURITY, POWER, IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS -- EVIDENCE AND ARCHIVES -- NOTE: SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKING -- 2 Coexistence, revolution and the cold war, 1945-56 -- OVERVIEW -- SOVIET PEACE AIMS AND THE GRAND ALLIANCE, 1945-7 -- OUTBREAK AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLD WAR, 1947-50 -- THE GERMAN QUESTION -- THE KOREAN WAR -- COEXISTENCE AND THE COLD WAR, 1950-6 -- 3 Coexistence, crisis and schism -- OVERVIEW -- PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND NATIONAL LIBERATION -- THE POLISH AND HUNGARIAN CRISES OF 1956 -- THE BERLIN CRISIS, 1958-61 -- THE SINO-SOVIET SPLIT -- THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS -- NUCLEAR POLITICS -- 4 The rise and fall of détente, 1964-85 -- OVERVIEW -- ORIGINS OF DÉTENTE -- DÉTENTE DEFLECTED: THE INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1968 -- SOVIET-AMERICAN DÉTENTE, 1970-6 -- THE DECLINE OF DÉTENTE -- 5 From coexistence to collaboration -- OVERVIEW -- GORBACHEV'S NEW THINKING ON SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY -- THE CREATION OF A NEW DÉTENTE, 1985-8 -- THE FALL OF COMMUNISMIN EASTERN EUROPE, 1989 -- THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE END OF THE USSR, 1990-1 -- 6 Conclusion -- Biographical notes on major Soviet figures -- Guide to further reading -- 1 GENERAL HISTORIES -- 2 ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR -- 3 THE KHRUSHCHEV ERA -- 4 DÉTENTE -- 5 GORBACHEV -- 6 THE BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 7 THE COLD WAR INTERNATIONAL HISTORY PROJECT (CWIHP) -- Select bibliography -- BOOKS -- ARTICLES -- MEMOIRS -- UNPUBLISHED SOURCES -- Index.

The Soviet Union in World Politics provides an introductory history of Soviet foreign policy and international relations from 1945 to the end of the Cold War and the break up of the USSR. The book summarizes historical and political controversies about Soviet foreign policy and brings the latest research to bear on these debates. The Soviet Union in World Politics interprets the latest evidence available from the Soviet archives and includes * summaries of the main events in Soviet Policy from 1917-1945 * a framework for student discussion of relevant issues * guides to further reading and research * exploration of the role of ideology in the Cold War * discussion of Stalin's role in the formulation of policy.

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