| Russia and the West under Lenin and Stalin
(1961)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
Soviet Union - Foreign relations - 1917-1945 |
| Publication Date |
1961 |
| Format |
Hardcover (8.7
mm)
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| Publisher |
Little, Brown |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Personal Details |
| Store |
AbeBooks |
| Purchase Price |
$10.00 |
| Acquire Date |
5/17/2017 |
| Condition |
Very Good/Very Good |
| Rating |
0 |
| Links |
Library of Congress
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
DK63.3 .K38 |
| Dewey |
327.47 |
| Edition |
Book Club Edition |
| No. of Pages |
411 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
This book, taken from a series of lectures Kennan presented between 1957 and 1960, covers Soviet foreign policy from the Bolshevik revolution to the conclusion of World War II. As the title suggests, it is primarily concerned with Soviet relations with the west - Germany, Britain, France, and the USA - but also necessarily covers issues relating to China and Japan.
The first few chapters cover the formative years of the Soviet Union. Again, we're talking about foreign relations here, not about internal events or the revolution itself. Kennan covers this ground in much more detail in his books Russia Leaves the War and The Decision to Intervene. I highly recommend both these titles to readers interested in the early years of the Bolshevik regime.
Having read extensively on WWII and the period between the wars, the terrain presented was not new to me. Where I'd picked it up piecemeal, Kennan puts it all together and connects events for me that I had not connected, or connected them in ways that weren't obvious to me before.
Kennan is a master of this subject matter. He presents the material in clear language with just the right amount of background and context to make his points clear and easily understood. There are a few end notes and a short index, but no bibliography. |
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