Imperial overstretch : Germany in Soviet policy from Stalin to Gorbachev : an analysis based on new archival evidence, memoirs, and interviews / Hannes Adomeit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adomeit, Hannes, author.

Series:

Internationale Politik und Sicherheit ; Volume 48.

Internationale Politik und Sicherheit ; Volume 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Germany--Relations--Soviet Union.

Germany.

Soviet Union--Relations--Germany.

Soviet Union.

Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (757 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Imperial Overstretch

Place of Publication:

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2016

Baden-Baden, Germany : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is an analysis of the rise and fall of the Soviet empire in what, during the Cold War, was called "Eastern Europe". Its central focus is the role played by the German problem in that process.

Contents:

Table of Contents

List of Tables

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: THE SOVIET EMPIRE

Chapter 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations

PART 2: EXPANSION

Chapter 2: The Imperial and Ideological Paradigm

Chapter 3: The Comprehensive Crisis of Empire

PART 4: COLLAPSE

Chapter 4: Gorbachev’s Old and New Thinking

Chapter 5: Domestic Implications of Gorbachev’s German Policy

Chapter 6: The Last Crisis

CONCLUSIONS

The Gorbachev Era

Collapse of the Soviet Empire: The Utility of Theories of Imperialism

Lessons Unlearned: Putin in Brezhnev’s Footsteps

APPENDIX

Notes on Archival Research

Biographical Notes

List of Interviews

Bibliography

Glossary and Abbreviations

Register.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Open Access version does not contain Part 3.

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed June 19, 2020).

ISBN:

9783845266114

3845266112

OCLC:

1030822603