Russia--A Return to Imperialism? [Hardcover]

Uri Ra'anan (Editor), Kate Martin (Editor)

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This timely, well-organized collection of essays by authors from academia, journalism, and the diplomatic corps offers a sobering picture of Russia's efforts to maintain a hold on the former Soviet republics (the "Near Abroad") and to prevent the former Warsaw Pact countries from joining NATO. The stage is set by essays on the domestic political sources of these "neoimperialist" tendencies and the Russians' use of "peacekeeping" forces in former Soviet republics as a tool of domination, followed by specific analyses of Russian actions region by region to subvert the newly independent regimes. The final three contributors focus on the Western response, or lack thereof, which even the most even-handed of these experts sees as at least myopic and perhaps likely to result in a new Cold War. For specialists and well-informed readers.?Robert Decker, Palo Alto, Cal.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312129270
• ISBN-13: 978-0312129279
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,090,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars issues are still being played out, September 11, 2005

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This review is from: Russia--A Return to Imperialism? (Hardcover)

In the euphoria of the end of the Cold War in the 90s, this book raised a discordant tone. Its authors offered evidence that Russia and its ethnic Russian majority still yearned for the imperialism that was the Soviet Union.

This neo-imperialism was investigated in several of the book's papers. Where the targets were considered to be the 'nearest abroad' [Ukraine, Belarus and Baltic], the 'near abroad' [Caucasus, central Asia and Moldova] and the 'far abroad'.

The book gives interesting views into the struggle within Russia, as it tried and tries to come to accept a diminished status. In the time since the book came out, the borders have remained stable. But the issues are still being played out.