The Uses of History: Understanding the Soviet Union and Russia
Exploring Soviet and Russian history, politics, and foreign policy, The Uses of History brings together the classic essays of renowned scholar Alexander Dallin. The author provides insightful analysis and nuanced interpretations of such key—and controversial—issues as the domestic sources of Soviet foreign policy, Stalin's leadership in World War II, Russian-American relations in the Reagan era, the causes of the collapse of the USSR, and the disappointments of Russia's post-Soviet evolution. With his incisive assessment of the biases and blunders in American interpretations, Dallin rejects single-factor explanations for Soviet and Russian domestic and foreign policies, instead examining the complex interplay of internal and external conditions, institutions, mindsets, and the role of individual leaders. All readers interested in Soviet and post-Soviet history will find this collection a stimulating and deeply knowledgeable resource.
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The Uses of History: Understanding the Soviet Union and Russia
Exploring Soviet and Russian history, politics, and foreign policy, The Uses of History brings together the classic essays of renowned scholar Alexander Dallin. The author provides insightful analysis and nuanced interpretations of such key—and controversial—issues as the domestic sources of Soviet foreign policy, Stalin's leadership in World War II, Russian-American relations in the Reagan era, the causes of the collapse of the USSR, and the disappointments of Russia's post-Soviet evolution. With his incisive assessment of the biases and blunders in American interpretations, Dallin rejects single-factor explanations for Soviet and Russian domestic and foreign policies, instead examining the complex interplay of internal and external conditions, institutions, mindsets, and the role of individual leaders. All readers interested in Soviet and post-Soviet history will find this collection a stimulating and deeply knowledgeable resource.
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The Uses of History: Understanding the Soviet Union and Russia

The Uses of History: Understanding the Soviet Union and Russia

The Uses of History: Understanding the Soviet Union and Russia

The Uses of History: Understanding the Soviet Union and Russia

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Exploring Soviet and Russian history, politics, and foreign policy, The Uses of History brings together the classic essays of renowned scholar Alexander Dallin. The author provides insightful analysis and nuanced interpretations of such key—and controversial—issues as the domestic sources of Soviet foreign policy, Stalin's leadership in World War II, Russian-American relations in the Reagan era, the causes of the collapse of the USSR, and the disappointments of Russia's post-Soviet evolution. With his incisive assessment of the biases and blunders in American interpretations, Dallin rejects single-factor explanations for Soviet and Russian domestic and foreign policies, instead examining the complex interplay of internal and external conditions, institutions, mindsets, and the role of individual leaders. All readers interested in Soviet and post-Soviet history will find this collection a stimulating and deeply knowledgeable resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780742567559
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/16/2009
Pages: 282
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Alexander Dallin (1924–2000) was director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies and Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History at Stanford University. Gail W. Lapidus is senior fellow emerita at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and Emerita Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Alexander Dallin: A Singular Voice
Part I: Studying the Soviet System
Chapter 2: Bias and Blunders in American Studies on the USSR
Chapter 3: The Uses and Abuses of Russian History
Part II: The Soviet Union in World War II
Chapter 4: Stalin and the German Invasion
Chapter 5: The Soviet Reaction to Vlasov
Chapter 6: The Baltic States between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia
Part III: The Linkage of Domestic and Foreign Policy
Chapter 7: The Domestic Sources of Soviet Foreign Policy
Chapter 8: Reagan and the Russians: American Policy Toward the Soviet Union
Chapter 9: New Thinking in Soviet Foreign Policy
Part IV: Soviet Politics and the End of the USSR
Chapter 10: Causes of the Collapse of the USSR
Chapter 11: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
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