A failed empire the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues the author. Explaining the interests, aspirations illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and the Soviet elites...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press
2007.
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| Colección: | The new Cold War history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4433929x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The Soviet people and Stalin between war and peace, 1945
- 2. Stalin's road to the Cold War, 1945-1948
- 3. Stalemate in Germany, 1945-1953
- 4. Kremlin politics and "peaceful coexistence," 1953-1957
- 5. The nuclear education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963
- 6. The Soviet home front : first cracks, 1953-1968
- 7. Brezhnev and the road to détente, 1965-1972
- 8. Détente's decline and Soviet overreach, 1973-1979
- 9. The old Guard's exit, 1980-1987
- 10. Gorbachev and the end of Soviet power, 1988-1991.
