The Russia anxiety : and how history can resolve it
by Smith, Mark B [author.].
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BookPublisher: UK : Allen Lane, 2019Description: xxv, 445 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780241312766 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 327.47 SMISubject(s): Politics and Government | Politics and Government | Russia -- Foreign relations | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations | Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations | Russia -- History | Soviet Union -- History | Russia (Federation) -- History | Russia (Federation) -- Foreign public opinionSummary: Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and flawed. Why are we so afraid of it? Time and again, we judge Russia by unique standards. We have usually assumed that it possesses higher levels of cunning, malevolence and brutality. Yet the country has more often than not been a crucial ally, not least against Napoleon and in the two world wars. We admire its music and its writers. We lavish praise on the Russian soul. And still we think of Russia as a unique menace. What is it about this extraordinary country that consistently provokes such excessive responses? And why is this so dangerous? Ranging from the earliest times to the present, Mark B. Smith's remarkable new book is a history of this 'Russia Anxiety'.
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| 327.4104 ROM Isle and empires : Romanov Russia, Britain and the Isle of Wight / | 327.4105 ASH False prophets : British leaders' fateful fascination with the Middle East from Suez to Syria / | 327.4404 HOW Power and glory : | 327.47 SMI The Russia anxiety : | 327.47 TOA Near abroad : Putin, the West, and the contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus / | 327.51 ALL Beijing rules : China's quest for global influence / | 327.51 WES Restless empire: |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and flawed. Why are we so afraid of it? Time and again, we judge Russia by unique standards. We have usually assumed that it possesses higher levels of cunning, malevolence and brutality. Yet the country has more often than not been a crucial ally, not least against Napoleon and in the two world wars. We admire its music and its writers. We lavish praise on the Russian soul. And still we think of Russia as a unique menace. What is it about this extraordinary country that consistently provokes such excessive responses? And why is this so dangerous? Ranging from the earliest times to the present, Mark B. Smith's remarkable new book is a history of this 'Russia Anxiety'.
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