The Soviet Union and the Pacific
The Soviet Union and the Pacific

Author: GERALD. SEGAL

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2024-01-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032218281

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First published in 1990, The Soviet Union and the Pacific provides comprehensive analysis of Soviet strategy in the Pacific, examining both the successes of, and the constraints on, Soviet policy towards the nations and resources of the Pacific rim. Set against the downfall of the Soviet empire, this policy records a departure from the treatment of the Pacific as an arena only for military competition to an important terrain of Mikhail Gorbachev's foreign policy. This book is designed to serve as an introduction to the role of Soviet Union in the Pacific for undergraduates, scholars, policymakers, and business people.

Racing the Enemy
Racing the Enemy

Author: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2006-09-30

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780674038400

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With startling revelations, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa rewrites the standard history of the end of World War II in the Pacific. By fully integrating the three key actors in the story—the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan—Hasegawa for the first time puts the last months of the war into international perspective. From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Harry Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, Hasegawa brings to light the real reasons Japan surrendered. From Washington to Moscow to Tokyo and back again, he shows us a high-stakes diplomatic game as Truman and Stalin sought to outmaneuver each other in forcing Japan’s surrender; as Stalin dangled mediation offers to Japan while secretly preparing to fight in the Pacific; as Tokyo peace advocates desperately tried to stave off a war party determined to mount a last-ditch defense; and as the Americans struggled to balance their competing interests of ending the war with Japan and preventing the Soviets from expanding into the Pacific. Authoritative and engrossing, Racing the Enemy puts the final days of World War II into a whole new light.

The Piratization of Russia
The Piratization of Russia

Author: Marshall I. Goldman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-04-10

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 1134376847

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In 1991, a small group of Russians emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union and enjoyed one of the greatest transfers of wealth ever seen, claiming ownership of some of the most valuable petroleum, natural gas and metal deposits in the world. By 1997, five of those individuals were on Forbes Magazine's list of the world's richest billionaires.

Reagan and Gorbachev
Reagan and Gorbachev

Author: Jack Matlock

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Published: 2005-11-08

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0812974891

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“[Matlock’s] account of Reagan’s achievement as the nation’s diplomat in chief is a public service.”—The New York Times Book Review “Engrossing . . . authoritative . . . a detailed and reliable narrative that future historians will be able to draw on to illuminate one of the most dramatic periods in modern history.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In Reagan and Gorbachev, Jack F. Matlock, Jr., a former U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R. and principal adviser to Ronald Reagan on Soviet and European affairs, gives an eyewitness account of how the Cold War ended. Working from his own papers, recent interviews with major figures, and unparalleled access to the best and latest sources, Matlock offers an insider’s perspective on a diplomatic campaign far more sophisticated than previously thought, waged by two leaders of surpassing vision. Matlock details how Reagan privately pursued improved U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations even while engaging in public saber rattling. When Gorbachev assumed leadership, however, Reagan and his advisers found a willing partner in peace. Matlock shows how both leaders took risks that yielded great rewards and offers unprecedented insight into the often cordial working relationship between Reagan and Gorbachev. Both epic and intimate, Reagan and Gorbachev will be the standard reference on the end of the Cold War, a work that is critical to our understanding of the present and the past.

The Pacific in the 1990s
The Pacific in the 1990s

Author: János Radványi

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13:

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Contains a provocative, challenging analysis of the potential development of economic and strategic relations between the U.S., Japan, and China. The book focuses on an analysis of the potential economic relations between these three countries and how these relations will affect other countries, both economically and strategically. The relationship between the world's two greatest economic powers, the U.S. and Japan, and the world's most populated country, the PRC, will greatly influence the future of the political, economic, and security posture of the Pacific Basin area. Co-published with the Center for International Security and Strategic Studies.

The Soviet Myth of World War II
The Soviet Myth of World War II

Author: Jonathan Brunstedt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-07-15

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1108584888

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Provides a bold new interpretation of the Soviet myth of World War II from its Stalinist origins to its emergence as arguably the supreme myth of state under Brezhnev. Jonathan Brunstedt offers a timely historical investigation into the roots of the revival of the war's memory in Russia today.