Silent Conflict - A Hidden History of Early Soviet-Western Relations

This deeply informed book provides a rare inside look at the previously hidden history of the formative years of Soviet foreign policy making and the Soviet Union's early relations with the West. Michael Jabara Carley draws on twenty-five years of research in declassified Soviet and western archives to present the most authoritative history available of the foreign policy of the Soviet state. His lively and illuminating window into the overt and covert struggle and ultimate standoff between the USSR and the West during the 1920s will be invaluable for all readers interested in the formative years of the Cold War.

List of contents

Chapter 1: How It Began: Revolution, Intervention, Civil War, 1917-1921
Chapter 2: "We Must Trade and They Must Trade": First Attempts at Peaceful Coexistence, 1921-1922
Chapter 3: Which Way Soviet Policy? Confusion and Incoherence, 1922-1923
Chapter 4: "Hedged in by Reservations": Peaceful Coexistence in London and Paris, 1923-1924
Chapter 5: "Save the Family Silver": Fearful Coexistence in Paris and Berlin, 1924-1925
Chapter 6: "Steady! Don't Let Us Get Jumpy": Revolution in China, 1924-1925
Chapter 7: Principles and Reprisals: Hostile Coexistence in London and Washington, 1925-1926
Chapter 8: "The Blind and the Lame": Rapallo Reaffirmed, 1925-1927
Chapter 9: Red Scare, War Scare: China and the Rupture of Anglo-Soviet Relations, 1925-1927
Chapter 10: "Colossal Misfortune": Hostile Coexistence in Paris, 1925-1927
Chapter 11: "These Are Times of Quick Suspicions": Sullen Coexistence, 1927-1930
Chapter 12: "Always a Trump in Our Game": Rapallo Sustained, 1927-1930
Chapter 13: Conclusion: Sorting it Out
Selected Bibliography

About the author

By Michael Jabara Carley

Product details

• Authors: Michael Jabara Carley, Carley Michael Jabara
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.11.2017
• EAN: 9780810896192
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9619-2
• No. of pages: 478
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, International Relations, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, European studies;Soviet studies;u.s. foreign policy