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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784816003321

Autore

Mayers David Allan <1951->

Titolo

The ambassadors and America's Soviet policy [[electronic resource] /] / David Mayers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-773275-5

1-280-52556-8

0-19-536179-2

1-4294-1091-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 335 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

327.73047

Soggetti

Ambassadors - United States - History - 20th century

Ambassadors - Soviet Union - History

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; United States Chiefs of Mission in St. Petersburg and Moscow; Introduction; I: Before Moscow; 1. St. Petersburg and the U.S. Diplomatic Tradition; 2. From Comity to Estrangement; 3. War and Revolution; II: In Stalin's Time; 4. Preparing for Moscow; 5. Purges and the Failure of Collective Security; 6. Fragile Coalition; 7. Neither War Nor Peace; III: Great Power Rivalry; 8. After Stalin; 9. Controlled Rivalry; 10. Collapse and the Art of Diplomacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Mayers analyses the entire history of American foreign relations with Russia and then the Soviet Union, using the drama of the lives of the men and women who worked at the American embassy in Moscow to tell his story. Particular attention is paid to the critical events of the twentieth century.