The uses of history
Subtitle: understanding the Soviet Union and Russia
By: Alexander Dallin ; edited by Gail W. Lapidus.
Contributors: Lapidus, Gail Warshofsky.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780742567559
Subjects: Soviet Union -- History; Soviet Union -- Politics and government; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Historiography
Description: Exploring Soviet and Russian history, politics, and foreign policy, The Uses of History brigns 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. Dallin rejects single-factor explanations for Soviet and Russian domestic and foreign policies, instead examining the complex interplay of internal and external conditions, institituions, mindsets, and the role of individual leaders.- P.4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.