Red Globalization - The Political Economy of the Soviet Cold War From Stalin to Khrushchev

An important rereading of the Cold War as an economic struggle shaped by the global economy.

List of contents

Part I. Isolation: 1. Depression Stalinism; 2. Postwar: the Bretton Woods Cold War; Part II. Aspiration: 3. Restoration: resuming the relationship with capitalism; 4. Maelstrom: the decolonization vortex; Part III. Integration: 5. Conformity and profit: the Soviet economy under American hegemony; 6. Poor relations: the limits of Soviet economic dysfunction; Conclusion: Mikoyan's legacy.

About the author

Oscar Sanchez-Sibony received his PhD from the University of Chicago. His dissertation won the ASEEES Robert C. Tucker/Stephen F. Cohen Dissertation Prize in 2010. He is Assistant Professor of World History at the University of Macau, where he teaches courses on Soviet history, the Cold War and global capitalism.

Summary

Was the Soviet Union a superpower? In examining the constraints and opportunities afforded the Soviets in their engagement of the capitalist world, Oscar Sanchez-Sibony offers a significant rereading of the Cold War as an economic struggle shaped by the global economy.

Product details

• Authors: Oscar Sanchez Sibony, Oscar Sanchez-Sibony, Oscar (Universidade De Macau) Sanchez-Sibony, Sanchez-Sibony Oscar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2016
• EAN: 9781316635292
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63529-2
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: New Studies in European History; New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Political Economy, USSR, Soviet Union