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Autore |
Mayers David |
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Titolo |
The ambassadors and America's Soviet policy / / David Mayers |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773275-5 |
1-280-52556-8 |
0-19-536179-2 |
1-4294-1091-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 335 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ambassadors - United States - History - 20th century |
Ambassadors - Soviet Union - History - 20th century |
United States Foreign relations Soviet Union |
Soviet Union Foreign relations United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography: p307-322. _ Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1995. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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