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Author Carley, Michael Jabara, 1945- author.

Title Silent conflict : a hidden history of early Soviet-Western relations / Michael Jabara Carley
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents How it began: revolution, intervention, civil war, 1917-1921 -- "We must trade and they must trade": first attempts at peaceful coexistence, 1921-1922 -- Which way Soviet policy? confusion and incoherence, 1922-1923 -- "Hedged in by reservations": peaceful coexistence in London and Paris, 1923-1924 -- "Save the family silver": fearful coexistence in Paris and Berlin, 1924-1925 -- "Steady! don't let us get jumpy": revolution in China, 1924-1925 -- Principles and reprisals: hostile coexistence in London and Washington, 1925-1926 -- "The blind and the lame": Rapallo reaffirmed, 1925-1927 -- Red scare, war scare: China and the rupture of Anglo-Soviet relations, 1925-1927 -- "Colossal misfortune": hostile coexistence in Paris, 1925-1927 -- "These are times of quick suspicions": sullen coexistence, 1927-1930 -- "Always a trump in our game": Rapallo sustained, 1927-1930 -- Conclusion: sorting it out
Summary This deeply informed book provides a rare inside look at the previously hidden history of the formative years of Soviet foreign policy making and the Soviet Union's early relations with the West. Michael Jabara Carley draws on twenty-five years of research in declassified Soviet and western archives to present the most authoritative history available of the foreign policy of the Soviet state. His lively and illuminating window into the overt and covert struggle and ultimate standoff between the USSR and the West during the 1920s will be invaluable for all readers interested in the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations
Außenpolitik
Internationale Politik
Diplomatiska förbindelser -- historia.
Internationella relationer -- historia.
SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Europe, Western -- History
Europe, Western -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- History
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1917-1945 -- History
Subject Western Europe
Soviet Union
Sowjetunion
Sovjetunionen.
Västeuropa.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781461957164
1461957168
1306384257
9781306384254
9781442225862
1442225866