Soviet Relations with India and Vietnam

Soviet Relations with India and Vietnam

Author: Ramesh Thakur

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1992-06-18

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1349093734

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India and Vietnam have been two foci of Soviet diplomacy in Asia. This book examines the relations between India, as a poor parliamentary democracy, and the USSR and relations with Vietnam help demonstrate the relationship between the USSR and an Asian communist power.


Confronting Vietnam

Confronting Vietnam

Author: Ilya V. Gaiduk

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780804747127

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Based on extensive research in the Russian archives, this book examines the Soviet approach to the Vietnam conflict between the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina and late 1963, when the overthrow of the South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem and the assassination of John F. Kennedy radically transformed the conflict. The author finds that the USSR attributed no geostrategic importance to Indochina and did not want the crisis there to disrupt détente. The Russians had high hopes that the Geneva accords would bring years of peace in the region. Gradually disillusioned, they tried to strengthen North Vietnam, but would not support unification of North and South. By the early 1960s, however, they felt obliged to counter the American embrace of an aggressively anti-Communist regime in South Vietnam and the hostility of its former ally, the People's Republic of China. Finally, Moscow decided to disengage from Vietnam, disappointed that its efforts to avert an international crisis there had failed.


India-USSR Relations: 1972-91, a brief survey

India-USSR Relations: 1972-91, a brief survey

Author: Shri Ram Sharma

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9788171416868

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Contents: Introduction, Bangladesh Liberation: Aftermath, Janata Regime: Towards Understanding, Congress Party in Power, The Afghan Crisis, Disintegration of USSR, Janata Dal Interlude, Bilateral Interactions, Concluding Reflections.


The Red Mirror

The Red Mirror

Author: Gulnaz Sharafutdinova

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0197502938

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The return of the 'Soviet' or the 'national' in Putin's Russia? -- The white knight and the red queen : blinded by love -- Shared mental models of the late soviet period -- The new Russian identity and the burden of the Soviet past -- Constructing the collective trauma of the -- MMM for VVP : building the modern media machine -- Le cirque politique a la russe : political talk shows and public opinion leaders in Russia -- Searching for a new mirror : on human and collective dignity in Russia.


The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War

The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War

Author: David L. Anderson

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2002-07-10

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0231507380

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More than a quarter of a century after the last Marine Corps Huey left the American embassy in Saigon, the lessons and legacies of the most divisive war in twentieth-century American history are as hotly debated as ever. Why did successive administrations choose little-known Vietnam as the "test case" of American commitment in the fight against communism? Why were the "best and brightest" apparently blind to the illegitimacy of the state of South Vietnam? Would Kennedy have pulled out had he lived? And what lessons regarding American foreign policy emerged from the war? The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War helps readers understand this tragic and complex conflict. The book contains both interpretive information and a wealth of facts in easy-to-find form. Part I provides a lucid narrative overview of contested issues and interpretations in Vietnam scholarship. Part II is a mini-encyclopedia with descriptions and analysis of individuals, events, groups, and military operations. Arranged alphabetically, this section enables readers to look up isolated facts and specialized terms. Part III is a chronology of key events. Part IV is an annotated guide to resources, including films, documentaries, CD-ROMs, and reliable Web sites. Part V contains excerpts from historical documents and statistical data.


We Shall Be Masters

We Shall Be Masters

Author: Chris Miller

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0674916441

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An illuminating account of RussiaÕs attemptsÑand failuresÑto achieve great power status in Asia. Since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by opportunity to the East. Under the tsars, Russians colonized Alaska, California, and Hawaii. The Trans-Siberian Railway linked Moscow to Vladivostok. And Stalin looked to Asia as a sphere of influence, hospitable to the spread of Soviet Communism. In Asia and the Pacific lay territory, markets, security, and glory. But all these expansionist dreams amounted to little. In We Shall Be Masters, Chris Miller explores why, arguing that RussiaÕs ambitions have repeatedly outstripped its capacity. With the core of the nation concentrated thousands of miles away in the European borderlands, RussiaÕs would-be pioneers have always struggled to project power into Asia and to maintain public and elite interest in their far-flung pursuits. Even when the wider population professed faith in AsiaÕs promise, few Russians were willing to pay the steep price. Among leaders, too, dreams of empire have always been tempered by fears of cost. Most of RussiaÕs pivots to Asia have therefore been halfhearted and fleeting. Today the Kremlin talks up the importance of Òstrategic partnershipÓ with Xi JinpingÕs China, and Vladimir PutinÕs government is at pains to emphasize Russian activities across Eurasia. But while distance is covered with relative ease in the age of air travel and digital communication, the East remains far off in the ways that matter most. Miller finds that RussiaÕs Asian dreams are still restrained by the countryÕs firm rooting in Europe.


Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition

Vietnamese Foreign Policy in Transition

Author: Ramses Amer

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9789812300256

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This book studies Vietnam's emergence as a major actor in Southeast Asian and global affairs. It focuses its analysis primarily on the period since 1995 when Vietnam became the seventh member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The analysis considers the impact of the Asian financial crisis on Vietnam. The contributors explore the sea change in Vietnamese foreign policy that emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s as Vietnam moved from dependency on the Soviet Union to a more balanced and multilateral set of external relations.


Russian Foreign Policy Since 1990

Russian Foreign Policy Since 1990

Author: Peter Shearman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-02-12

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0429966040

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A book which brings together leading experts on Russia's foreign relations, providing the most comprehensive coverage of contemporary Russian foreign policy currently available in a single volume. Detailed case studies of relations with specific countries and regions are complemented by chapters that examine the process of decision making, conflict between domestic institutional actors, the role of groups such as the military and Russia's search for a new identity.


India-Russia Strategic Partnership

India-Russia Strategic Partnership

Author: P. Stobdan

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 9788186019818

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Papers presented at a two-day interactive dialogue organized by Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.