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Record Nr.

UNISA996344231403316

Autore

Adomeit Hannes

Titolo

Imperial overstretch : Germany in Soviet policy from Stalin to Gorbachev : an analysis based on new archival evidence, memoirs, and interviews / / Hannes Adomeit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baden-Baden, Germany : , : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, , 2016

ISBN

3-8452-6611-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (757 p.)

Collana

Internationale Politik und Sicherheit ; ; Volume 48

Disciplina

303.48243047

Soggetti

Political Science / World / European

Political science

Germany Relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Relations Germany

Germany Politics and government 1945-1990

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Open Access version does not contain Part 3.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1: THE SOVIET EMPIRE -- Chapter 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations -- PART 2: EXPANSION -- Chapter 2: The Imperial and Ideological Paradigm --  Chapter 3: The Comprehensive Crisis of Empire --  PART 4: COLLAPSE -- Chapter 4: Gorbachev’s Old and New Thinking -- Chapter 5: Domestic Implications of Gorbachev’s German Policy -- Chapter 6: The Last Crisis -- CONCLUSIONS -- The Gorbachev Era -- Collapse of the Soviet Empire: The Utility of Theories of Imperialism -- Lessons Unlearned: Putin in Brezhnev’s Footsteps  -- APPENDIX -- Notes on Archival Research -- Biographical Notes -- List of Interviews -- Bibliography -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Register.

Sommario/riassunto

The book is an analysis of the rise and fall of the Soviet empire in what, during the Cold War, was called "Eastern Europe". Its central focus is the role played by the German problem in that process.