Title Russia's international relations in the twentieth century / Alastair Kocho-Williams

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) Contents Introduction -- 1. Russian foreign policy under the last Tsar -- 2. The Russian revolutions of 1917 and the Russian Civil War in international context -- 3. Soviet foreign policy in the 1920s -- 4. Soviet foreign policy under Stalin in the 1930s -- 5. The Soviet Union and the second world war -- 6. The Soviet Union and the early cold war, 1945-53 -- 7. From Stalin to Khrushchev, 1953-56 -- 8. Peaceful coexistence and confrontation: Soviet foreign policy, 1957-64 -- 9. The Brezhnev era -- 10. Gorbachev and the end of the Soviet Union -- 11. Russian foreign policy in the last decade of the twentieth century Summary "Russia has long been a major player in the international relations arena, but only by examining the whole century can Russian foreign policy be properly understood, and the key questions as to the impact of war, of revolution, of collapse, the emergence of the Cold War and Russia's post-Soviet development be addressed. Surveying the whole of the twentieth century in an accessible and clear manner Russia's International Relations in the Twentieth Century provides an overview and narrative, with analysis, that will serve as an introduction and resource for students of Russian foreign policy in the period, and those who seek to understand the development of modern Russia in an international context. The volume includes: an analysis of the major themes which surrounded Russia's position in world affairs as one of the European Great Powers before the First World War ; the impact of Revolution and the emergence of Soviet foreign policy with its dual aims of normalization and world revolution ; the changes wrought to the international order by the rise of Nazi Germany and by the Second World War ; the origins and development of the Cold War ; the end of the Cold War and the Soviet collapse ; how Russia has rebuilt itself as an international power in the post-Soviet era. An essential resource for students of Russian history and International policy."--Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava gnd Subject Diplomatic relations Außenpolitik Ost-West-Konflikt SUBJECT Russia -- Foreign relations -- History -- 20th century Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- History Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- History -- 20th century Subject Russia Russia (Federation) Soviet Union Russland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 020307887X 9780203078877 9781283942034 1283942038

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