Expansion and Coexistence: Soviet Foreign Policy 1917-1973

by Adam B. Ulam

This is a very good copy of Expansion and Coexistence :Soviet Foreign Policy 1917-73, Published by Preager Publishers. There are light pen markings in the book, tight binding, not an ex-library copy, and the cover is a little faded or worn near edges. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. ISBN: 0275886301. ISBN/EAN: 9780275886301. Inventory No: 011309.

Genres: History, Russia

797 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Adam Bruno Ulam was a Polish-American historian and political scientist at Harvard University. Ulam was one of the world's foremost authorities on Russia and the Soviet Union, and the author of twenty books and many articles.

Reviews

[Marks54 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a comprehensive history of Soviet Foreign policy. At the time I read it, the Cold War was still on and this was an important book for aspiring analysts to read. Even though the world has subsequently changed, it was a terrific book and a fine piece of history.

[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Didn't necessarily think i would read every page of this long tome, but wound up being drawn in and stuck with the whole thing. Great. Another Ulam classic. well, there is a lot of crossover with his other books, but still... Painstaking review of the vast swath of Soviet foreign relations from the very beginning to about 1968. Appreciated the author's balanced perspective throughout- by which i mean while still generally anti-Soviet (fair enough!) he frequently provides context to decisions- such as the post WWII descent from "friendship" to the cold war. Author gives plenty of credence to Soviet muddled personalities and uncertainty about how to proceed- from the Stalin era, but especially thereafter with the slow rise of Khrushchev to preeminence to his seeming fall, to his recovery to his balancing and towards his fall- quite a roller coaster!

[Dorothy · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to understand Putin and what has happened with the Anschluss of Crimea, read this exceptional book. I read this in college and it as true today (if not more so) as it was 40 years ago when published.