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To run the world : the Kremlin's Cold War bid for global power /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Radchenko, Sergey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1945-1991.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1945-1991.
Cold War.
URSS > Relations extérieures > 1945-1991.
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1991.
Guerre froide.
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
Soviet Union
1945-1991
Table of Contents:
  • 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.