LEADER 02805 am 22005413u 450 001 996344231403316 005 20220530063152.0 010 $a3-8452-6611-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000727102 035 $a(EBL)4561622 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4561622 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00124715 035 $a(OCoLC)1030822603 035 $a(ScCtBLL)d84ca148-843b-429b-b949-c9287c1cc271 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000727102 100 $a20200619d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aImperial overstretch $eGermany in Soviet policy from Stalin to Gorbachev : an analysis based on new archival evidence, memoirs, and interviews /$fHannes Adomeit 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aBaden-Baden, Germany :$cNomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (757 p.) 225 1 $aInternationale Politik und Sicherheit ;$vVolume 48 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 300 $aOpen Access version does not contain Part 3. 311 $a3-8487-2452-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTable 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. 330 $aThe book is an analysis of the rise and fall of the Soviet empire in what, during the Cold War, was called "Eastern Europe". Its central focus is the role played by the German problem in that process. 410 0$aInternationale Politik und Sicherheit ;$vVolume 48. 606 $aPolitical Science / World / European$2bisacsh 606 $aPolitical science 607 $aGermany$xRelations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xRelations$zGermany 607 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1945-1990 615 7$aPolitical Science / World / European 615 0$aPolitical science 676 $a303.48243047 700 $aAdomeit$b Hannes$0913817 801 0$bWaSeSS 801 1$bWaSeSS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996344231403316 996 $aImperial overstretch$92047456 997 $aUNISA