7 edition of A Failed Empire found in the catalog.
Published
August 19, 2007
by The University of North Carolina Press
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Written in
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | 488 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL9708137M |
| ISBN 10 | 0807830984 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780807830987 |
A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev. New Cold War History Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, . ""A Failed Empire"" provides a history quite different from those written by the Western victors. In a new preface for this edition, the author adds to our understanding of today's events in Russia, including who the new players are and how their policies will /5().
FAILED EMPIRE.. [VLADISLAV M ZUBOK] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Find items in libraries near you. Advanced Search Find a . The rise and decline of empires has much to do with whether the imperial power eventually incorporates the conquered territories and peoples into the empire on an equal basis. This was the key factor in Roman conquest, because Rome made its provin.
A Failed Empire was interesting in that most Americans are familiar with the Western perspective on the important events of the Cold War - the Berlin Wall, Cuban missile crisis, etc. This book uses Russian sources to reveal the reasons behind some seemingly contradictory policies pursued by the USSR, and highlighted the unwillingness of some apparently belligerent Soviet leaders to risk actual war/5(3). In her recently published Day of Empire, Yale law professor Amy Chua somewhat glibly suggests that cultural pluralism is the hallmark of all great imperial powers. (See my review of Chua’s book.
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Read 57 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconser /5.
A Failed Empire provides a history quite different from those written by the Western victors. In a new preface for this edition, the author adds to our understanding of today’s events in Russia, including who the new players are and how their policies will affect the state of the world in the twenty-first century.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. []) and index. A failed empire: the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev. His book is divided into ten chapters which trace each leader and the significant phases of the Cold War.
A Failed Empire begins with the origins of the Cold War under the leadership of Joseph Stalin. Zubok asserts Stalin mobilized his people for conflict using ideological rhetoric, but desired to control various regions to create a security.
Why Empires Fail. Being an empire these days is tough. The difficulties do not go away by pretending one is not trying to be an empire. That question is analyzed in a book written by a German.
Empire is a book A Failed Empire book post-Marxist philosophers Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. Written in the mids, it was published in and quickly sold beyond its expectations as an academic work.
Summary. In general, Hardt and Negri theorize an ongoing transition from a "modern. A Failed Empire. Book Description: In this widely praised book, Vladislav Zubok argues that Western interpretations of the Cold War have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness.
Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the twentieth.
""A Failed Empire"" provides a history quite different from those written by the Western victors. In a new preface for this edition, the author adds to our understanding of today's events in Russia, including who the new players are and how their policies will Reviews: A Failed Empire provides a history quite different from those written by the Western victors.
In a new preface for this edition, the author adds to our understanding of today's events in Russia, including who the new players are and how their policies will affect the state of the world in the twenty-first century/5(48).
A Failed Empire provides a history quite different from those written by the Western victors. In a new preface for this edition, the author adds to our understanding of today's events in Russia, including who the new players are and how their policies will.
The "Book of Empire" states that in the German Empire's colonies consisted of 1, square miles, includingin S.W. Africa andin Cameroon (W. Africa), but within 3 weeks of WWI breaking out the Germans in Togoland (33, square miles, seized by Germany in ) unconditionally surrendered to Britain and France.
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