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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963321203321

Autore

Clemens Walter C.

Titolo

Can Russia change? : the USSR confronts global interdependence / / Walter C. Clemens, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-45158-7

0-203-12568-1

1-283-88493-3

1-136-45159-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (403 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

327.47

Soggetti

World politics - 1985-1995

Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1990 by Unwin Hyman, Inc"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Can Russia Change?; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Gorbachev's Inheritance: Burdens of the Past; 1. The Need for Change: What Has the Kremlin Achieved in Foreign Policy since 1917?; 2. Models for Change: Alternative Approaches, 1917-85; II. Pressures for Change, 1917-85; 3. Driving Forces in the Soviet Crucible: ArmsControl Imperatives; 4. Arms Control Imperatives in the Global Arena; 5. The Third Rome Confronts the Club of Rome: ""Globalistika""; 6. ""Life Itself"" versus the Party Line on Global Issues

III. Gorbachev's New Thinking: Security with Interdependence7. A Revolution in Soviet Ideology: Speaking the Unthinkable; 8. Actions Louder than Words? Doing the Unthinkable; 9. What Makes Arms Accords Possible? Necessary and Helpful Conditions; 10. Can the Kremlin Be Trusted? Can Washington?; IV. Creating the Future; 11. Alternative Futures: Détente, Confrontation, Transformation?; 12. Managing Soviet-U.S. Relations: Challenges and Choices; Glossary; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1990, this ground-breaking book sought to determine whether contemporary Russia had the capacity to change



and if, in so doing, it could alter the complex web of East-West relations from a zero-sum struggle to a state of peaceful competition and mutual security. In order to answer this question, the author compares advances and setbacks in arms control and security affairs with co-operation on less politically salient issues such as environmental degradation. He finds that in the nearly seventy years preceding Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power, the Kremlin relied o

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975340003321

Autore

Waley Arthur

Titolo

The real Tripitaka : and other pieces / / Arthur Waley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-57700-9

1-136-57693-2

1-315-01895-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

China : history, philosophy, economics ; ; XXXIV

Disciplina

294.361

Soggetti

Tales - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1952.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. The real Tripitaka -- part two. Ennin and Ensai -- part three. Eight Chinese stories -- part four. From the Japanese -- part five. Original stories in Chinese style.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1952. The Real Tripitaka gives an account of the seventh century pilgrim's adventures, spiritual and material, both in India and after his return to China. In addition the book contains an account of a Japanese pilgrim's visit to China in the ninth century, which describes the Wu-t'ai Shan, China's great place of Pilgrimage, and an eye-witness's account of the great persecution of Buddhism in 842-845 A.D.