Silent conflict : a hidden history of early Soviet-Western relations / Michael Jabara Carley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carley, Michael Jabara, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

History.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Europe, Western--History.

Soviet Union.

Europe, Western--Foreign relations--Soviet Union--History.

Europe, Western.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1917-1945--History.

Western Europe.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 445 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442225855

1442225858

OCLC:

856054367