{"product_id":"9780340652053","title":"Russia and the World since 1917","description":"\u003ch3\u003eInternational Relations and the Great Powers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRussia and the World since 1917\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCaroline Kennedy-Pipe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Russia \u0026amp; the Former Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn investigation of the evolution of Soviet foreign policy from the \u003cbr\u003eRevolution of 1917 until the end of the Soviet era, tracing the origins \u003cbr\u003eand characteristics of Soviet external strategies from their \u003cbr\u003eMarxist-Leninist roots through to the collapse of communism. There is a \u003cbr\u003ecareful analysis of Soviet foreign policy alongside the inception of the\u003cbr\u003e Bolshevik state with its global manifesto of revolutionary change; \u003cbr\u003eStalin's struggle to survive the twin threats of a revisionist Germany \u003cbr\u003eand militant Japan through alliance with the capitalist states; the \u003cbr\u003eexpansion of Soviet power in the closing stages of World War II and the \u003cbr\u003esubsequent Cold War; the Soviet search for some form of accommodation \u003cbr\u003ewith the West from the 1960s onwards; the attempts of successive \u003cbr\u003eleaderships to find a way of regenerating the failing Soviet system and \u003cbr\u003ethe impact of economic weakness on Soviet behaviour in both the Third \u003cbr\u003eWorld and Eastern Europe. Based on a wide range of sources, including \u003cbr\u003eRussian materials that have become available since the end of the Cold \u003cbr\u003eWar, this work differs from many standard accounts in its emphasis of \u003cbr\u003ethe factional nature of decision-making over external strategies and its\u003cbr\u003e description of competing strains in Soviet thinking about the outside \u003cbr\u003eworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eProfessor of International Relations, University of Sheffield, UK\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 July 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780340652053\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369730769036,"sku":"9780340652053","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_c4508ffd-7f1f-49d9-8d00-2402cfd63b25.jpg?v=1783880294","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780340652053","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}