Uses of History

Understanding the Soviet Union and Russia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Exploring Soviet and Russian history, politics, and foreign policy, The Uses of History brings together the classic essays of renowned scholar Alexander Dallin. The author provides insightful analysis and nuanced interpretations of such key—and controversial—issues as the domestic sources of Soviet foreign policy, Stalin's leadership in World War II, Russian-American relations in the Reagan era, the causes of the collapse of the USSR, and the disappointments of Russia's post-Soviet evolution. With his incisive assessment of the biases and blunders in American interpretations, Dallin rejects single-factor explanations for Soviet and Russian domestic and foreign policies, instead examining the complex interplay of internal and external conditions, institutions, mindsets, and the role of individual leaders. All readers interested in Soviet and post-Soviet history will find this collection a stimulating and deeply knowledgeable resource.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-10-16
Mått:163 x 240 x 24 mm
Vikt:542 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:282
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742567559

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Alexander Dallin (1924–2000) was director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History at Stanford University. Gail W. Lapidus is senior fellow emerita at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and Emerita Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Through his brilliant work on the Soviet Union during the Second World War and his penetrating interpretations of the Soviet system and its place in world politics, Alex Dallin exercised a profound influence on generations of scholars. His research remains important not only for the substance of his analyses but also for the thoughtful and probing intelligence he brought to the issue of how to study the Soviet Union. It is very good to have these examples of his writing available together in this book.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Alexander Dallin: A Singular VoicePart I: Studying the Soviet SystemChapter 2: Bias and Blunders in American Studies on the USSRChapter 3: The Uses and Abuses of Russian HistoryPart II: The Soviet Union in World War IIChapter 4: Stalin and the German InvasionChapter 5: The Soviet Reaction to VlasovChapter 6: The Baltic States between Nazi Germany and Soviet RussiaPart III: The Linkage of Domestic and Foreign PolicyChapter 7: The Domestic Sources of Soviet Foreign PolicyChapter 8: Reagan and the Russians: American Policy Toward the Soviet UnionChapter 9: New Thinking in Soviet Foreign PolicyPart IV: Soviet Politics and the End of the USSRChapter 10: Causes of the Collapse of the USSRChapter 11: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?