ISBN10: 0195109279, ISBN13: 9780195109276, [publisher: Oxford University Press, New York] Softcover First Edition No marks or inscriptions. Some bumping/creasing to a few corners, no creasing to spine. A very clean very tight text block with bright unmarked boards. 394pp. The geopolitics of expansion and containment of the Russian Empire over two centuries prior to the Bolshevik Revolution. A detailed study. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.25 x 6 inches
[Hyde, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1997]
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ISBN10: 0195109279, ISBN13: 9780195109276, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Both an historical survey of Russia's expansion during the Imperial Period (1700--1917) and a geopolitical interpretation of its motive and goals, this text also analyzes the policies to contain that expansion on a global scale. The Russian Empire and The World postulates the existence of a permanent geopolitical framework called the Heartland within which a Russian core area fought for hegemony. The text brings together various strands of Russian foreignpolicy before 1917, showing the consistency and importance of the policy's purpose and methods. It draws valuable lessons to help readers understand Soviet foreign policy and the renewed pressures Russia facesto restore its position within the Heartland, making this an ideal text for courses in Russian History, International Relations, and Political Science. Ranging from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the end of World War I, The Russian Empire and The World offers the most successful explanation as to how, despite reversals and limitations, Russia succeeded in becoming the world's largest contiguous land empire in European history. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European foreign policy was practised within geographical constraints and imperatives. By placing both Russian and its neighbours within this geographic context, LeDonne retells over 200 years of Russian Imperial ...