To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power by Radchenko, Sergey

To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power

What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying...
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Author: Sergey Radchenko
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Language: English
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To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power by Radchenko, Sergey

To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power

$53.97

To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power

$53.97
Author: Sergey Radchenko
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions as a self-proclaimed superpower and the leader of global revolution. This tension drove Soviet policies from Stalin's postwar scramble for territory to Khrushchev's reckless overseas adventurism and nuclear brinksmanship, Brezhnev's jockeying for influence in the third world, and Gorbachev's failed attempts to reinvent Moscow's claims to greatness. Perennial insecurities, delusions of grandeur, and desire for recognition propelled Moscow on a headlong quest for global power, with dire consequences and painful legacies that continue to shape our world.

Author: Sergey Radchenko
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05/30/2024
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 2.10d
ISBN: 9781108477352


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/19/2024 pg. 1
Choice 06/01/2025

About the Author
Radchenko, Sergey: - Sergey Radchenko is the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is a historian of the Cold War, and an expert on Russian and Chinese foreign and security policies. Previous publications include Two Suns in the Heavens: the Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy and Unwanted Visionaries: the Soviet Failure in Asia.

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