"[Racioppi] deftly uses both primary and secondary sources to provide a crisp summary and discussion of the considerations that shaped the critical choices." Sumit Ganguly, Journal of Asian Studies

• List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: South Asia in the USSR's Third World policy; 2. Soviet perceptions of the Third World and South Asia; 3. The Soviet Union in South Asia: objectives and instruments; 4. Stability and change in Soviet-South Asian relations, 1970–1978; 5. Soviet-South Asian relations in the wake of Afghanistan, 1978–1985; 6. Soviet policy towards South Asia in the Gorbachev era; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Index.

"[Racioppi] deftly uses both primary and secondary sources to provide a crisp summary and discussion of the considerations that shaped the critical choices." Sumit Ganguly, Journal of Asian Studies

• List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: South Asia in the USSR's Third World policy; 2. Soviet perceptions of the Third World and South Asia; 3. The Soviet Union in South Asia: objectives and instruments; 4. Stability and change in Soviet-South Asian relations, 1970–1978; 5. Soviet-South Asian relations in the wake of Afghanistan, 1978–1985; 6. Soviet policy towards South Asia in the Gorbachev era; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Index.

"[Racioppi] deftly uses both primary and secondary sources to provide a crisp summary and discussion of the considerations that shaped the critical choices." Sumit Ganguly, Journal of Asian Studies

• List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: South Asia in the USSR's Third World policy; 2. Soviet perceptions of the Third World and South Asia; 3. The Soviet Union in South Asia: objectives and instruments; 4. Stability and change in Soviet-South Asian relations, 1970–1978; 5. Soviet-South Asian relations in the wake of Afghanistan, 1978–1985; 6. Soviet policy towards South Asia in the Gorbachev era; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Index.