Stalin and the struggle for supremacy in Eurasia / Alfred J. Rieber (Central European University, Budapest, Hungary).
| Author/creator |
Rieber, Alfred J. |
| Other author/creator | Rieber, Alfred J. Struggle for the Eurasian borderlands. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015. |
| Description | xi, 420 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Stalin : man of the borderlands -- Borderlands in civil war and intervention -- The borderland thesis: The West -- The borderland thesis: The East -- Stalin in command -- Borderlands on the eve -- Civil wars in the borderlands -- War aims: The outer perimeter -- War aims: The inner perimeter -- Friendly governments in the outer perimeter -- Conclusion: A transient hegemony. |
| Scope and content | "Conceived as a sequel to The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands, this book radically shifts the focus away from a comparison of the centuries' old competition among multi-cultural conquest empires for hegemony in Eurasia to the Soviet Union, the central player in the renewal of that contest in the first half of the twentieth century. Many of the issues remain the same, but the cast of characters has changed. The Soviet Union was heir to much of the territory of the Russian Empire and many of its problems both foreign and domestic flowed from that hard won inheritance. But its response was radically different. Its new leaders were engaged in transforming its foreign policy as part of re-building of a multi-national state. From the outset they were obliged to enter into complex and often contradictory relations with a ring of smaller and weaker successor states, constituting the new borderlands, which had replaced the rival empires all along their frontiers. In many cases these borderland states were allies or clients of the major powers and perceived by the Soviet government as hostile or threatening"--Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2015012672 |
| ISBN | 9781107074491 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1107074495 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781107426443 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1107426448 (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 40025242006 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DS33.4 .S65 R43 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |