To run the world : the Kremlin's Cold War bid for global power /
Sergey Radchenko.
- viii, 760 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Postwar -- The parting of ways -- Stalin in Europe -- Stalin in Asia -- Love us as we are -- The golden hoop -- The twin crises -- Killing flies -- The spirit of Camp David -- Berlin -- Cuba -- Vietnam -- Detente -- Yom Kippur -- Decline -- Tensions Mount -- The final nail -- Fear -- Hope -- Collapse.
"What would it feel like To Run the World? Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. 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"--
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Cold War. Guerra fría
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1945-1991. Unión Soviética --Relaciones exteriores --1945-1991 Soviet Union--Politics and government--1945-1991. Unión Soviética --Política y gobierno --1945-1991