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To Run the World

The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power

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To Run the World

By: Sergey Radchenko
Narrated by: Daniel Henning
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What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out.

In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions as a self-proclaimed superpower and the leader of global revolution. This tension drove Soviet policies from Stalin's postwar scramble for territory to Khrushchev's reckless overseas adventurism and nuclear brinksmanship, Brezhnev's jockeying for influence in the third world, and Gorbachev's failed attempts to reinvent Moscow's claims to greatness.

Perennial insecurities, delusions of grandeur, and desire for recognition propelled Moscow on a headlong quest for global power, with dire consequences and painful legacies that continue to shape our world.

©2024 Sergey Radchenko (P)2024 Tantor
History & Theory Political Science Politics & Government Russia Russian & Soviet World War Imperialism Soviet Union Military Socialism Middle east American Foreign Policy Cold War
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Unique and thoroughly researched by an insightful scholar fluent in three key languages who accessed key archives during a brief window of their availability to researchers. May be a long time before this happens again. Thus I expect this book will becime a landmark, a fundamental voice in our understanding of this subject for years to come.

Thoroughly researched; a landmark

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