RUSSIA : The Roots of Confrontation (American Foreign Policy Library)

Daniels, Robert V.; (Edwin O. Reischauer, Fopreword)

ISBN 10: 0674779665 / ISBN 13: 9780674779662

Published by Harvard Univ Press, Cambridge, MA, 1986

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Text/BRAND NEW. Softcover/NF; strong w/faint creasing to lower front corner & echoes to first page & light shelfwear. History. Experiences and enignima of Russia. "Confrontations" is best defined "as that state when faced with difficulty"; historian Robert Vincent "Bill" Daniels (1926? - 2010) explores Russia' experience and the world's responses, inparticular that of the USA. 411 pgs, 13 chapters: 1, The Past in the Presentl 2, Holy Russial 3, Imperial Power; 4, The Road to Revolution;, 5, The Revolution of 1917; 6, War, Intervention & Internation Revoution of 1917; 7, The Evolution of the Soviet Union; 8, Isolation & Alliance; 9, Cold War & Coexistence; 10, The Contempory System; 11, Soviet Life & Culture; and 12, The Soviet Union & the World, followed by Conclusion.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RUSSIA : The Roots of Confrontation (American Foreign Policy Library)
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Press, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674779665
• ISBN 13: 9780674779662
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition, 3rd Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • International Relations
  • History
  • Government, Politics, Political Science

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Synopsis

Robert V. Daniels’s book Russia: The Roots of Confrontation, first published in 1985, examines the historical contrasts between East and West and elucidates the Russian enigma. The book springs from the thesis that Russia’s national character and its international relations can be understood only in light of the traumas and triumphs, privation and privileges that the country weathered in its unique past under the tsars and the Soviets. The author lays to rest the mistaken American view that Soviet behavior was simply the application of Marxist revolutionary ideology. The character of the Soviet system as it evolved after the Revolution is shown to be a synthesis of revolutionary rhetoric, dictatorial pragmatism, and traditional Russian kinds of behavior. Daniels points out that no part of the world is more alien to Americans than Russia, and he evokes parallels and contrasts with the American experience to clarify the driving forces behind this ill-understood superpower.

About the Authors

Robert V. Daniels is Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Vermont.

Edwin O. Reischauer was University Professor at Harvard University.