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This comprehensive new study investigates the evolution of Soviet foreign policy from the Revolution of 1917 until the end of the Soviet era, tracing the origins and characteristics of Soviet external strategies from their Marxist-Leninist roots through to the collapse of Communism. Based on a wide range of sources, including Russian materials that have become available since the end of the Cold War, this book emphasizes the factional nature of decision-making over external strategies and describes the competing strains of Soviet thinking about the outside world.
Caroline Kennedy-Pipe teaches at the University of Durham. This comprehensive new study investigates the evolution of Soviet foreign policy from the Revolution of 1917 until the end of the Soviet era, tracing the origins and characteristics of Soviet external strategies from their Marxist-Leninist roots through to the collapse of Communism. Based on a wide range of sources, including Russian materials that have become available since the end of the Cold War, this book emphasizes the factional nature of decision-making over external strategies and describes the competing strains of Soviet thinking about the outside world. "An informative, lucid account . . . A good primer on Soviet foreign policy."CHOICE "An informative, lucid account . . . A good primer on Soviet foreign policy."CHOICE
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"An informative, lucid account....A good primer on Soviet foreign policy."—CHOICE
Synopsis
This comprehensive new study investigates the evolution of Soviet foreign policy from the Revolution of 1917 until the end of the Soviet era, tracing the origins and characteristics of Soviet external strategies from their Marxist-Leninist roots through to the collapse of Communism. Based on a wide range of sources, including Russian materials that have become available since the end of the Cold War, this book emphasizes the factional nature of decision-making over external strategies and describes the competing strains of Soviet thinking about the outside world.
About the Author
Charles Patterson is the author of a number of history books and biographies for young readers, including Anti-Semitism: The Road to the Holocaust and Beyond; Thomas Jefferson; Hafiz Al-Asad of Syria; and Marian Anderson (winner of the Carter G. Woodson Book Award). He has taught history social
studies, English, and writing at the secondary school, college, and adult education levels. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Columbia University (M.A. in English literature and Ph.D. in history/religion).