This study examines why the USSR - a political system that originally prided itself on its internationalism - devoted such efforts to controlling its borders, sealing its society from the outside world. It provides a revealing case study of the strengths and weaknesses of the So…
This book examines the introduction of Soviet socialist culture in the People's Republic of China, with a focus on the period of Sino-Soviet friendship in the 1950s. The vast state initiative to transplant Soviet culture into Chinese soil has conventionally been dismissed as a t…
"Using recently uncovered archival materials, personal interviews, and a broad familiarity with Russian history and culture, two young Russian historians have written a major interpretation of the Cold War as seen from the Soviet shore." "Covering the volatile period from 1945 t…
"A provocative reassessment of Stalin's military and political leadership during the most important years of his career."--Page [4] de la couverture.
"A provocative reassessment of Stalin's military and political leadership during the most important years of his career."--Page 4 of cover.
