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Russia, the roots of confrontation / Robert V. Daniels.
LIBRA DK40 .D28 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daniels, Robert V. (Robert Vincent), 1926-2010.
- Series:
- American foreign policy library
- The American foreign policy library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--History.
- Soviet Union.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 411 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 1985.
- Summary:
- Robert V. Daniels' book "Russia: The Roots of Confrontation," first published in 1985, examines the historical contrasts between East and West and elucidates the Russian enigma. The book springs from the thesis that Russia's national character and its international relations can be understood only in light of the traumas and triumphs, privation and privileges that the country weathered in its unique past under the tsars and the Soviets. The author lays to rest the mistaken American view that Soviet behavior was simply the application of Marxist revolutionary ideology. The character of the Soviet system as it evolved after the Revolution is shown to be a synthesis of revolutionary rhetoric, dictatorial pragmatism, and traditional Russian kinds of behavior. Daniels points out that no part of the world is more alien to Americans than Russia, and he evokes parallels and contrasts with the American experience to clarify the driving forces behind this ill-understood superpower.
- Contents:
- The past in the present
- Holy Russia
- Imperial power
- The road to revolution
- The revolution of 1917
- War, intervention, and international revolution
- The evolution of the Soviet Regime
- Isolation and alliance
- Cold War and coexistence
- The contemporary system
- Soviet life and culture
- The Soviet Union and the world
- Conclusion: Confrontation or accommodation?
- Notes:
- Foreword (p. [v]-vii) by Edwin O. Reischauer.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-396) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has underlines and marginal marks.
- ISBN:
- 0674779657
- OCLC:
- 11089867
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