Russia and the Idea of the West Gorbachev, Intellectuals, and the End of the Cold War

Name: Russia and the Idea of the West Gorbachev, Intellectuals, and the End of the Cold War
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ISBN: 9780231110594

ISBN-10: 0231110596

ISBN-13: 9780231110594

Edition: 2000

Authors: Robert English

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An intriguing "intellectual portrait" of a generation of Soviet reformers, this book is also a fascinating case study of how ideas can change the course of history. In most analyses of the Cold War's end the ideological aspects of Gorbachev's "new thinking" are treated largely as incidental to the broader considerations of power -- as gloss on what was essentially a retreat forced by crisis and decline. Robert English makes a major contribution by demonstrating that Gorbachev's foreign policy was in fact the result of an intellectual revolution. English analyzes the rise of a liberal policy-academic elite and its impact on the Cold War's end. English worked in the archives of the USSR…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/25/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.89" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Robert English, assistant professor of international relations at the University of Southern California, is currently a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, New Jersey. The work upon which Russia and the Idea of the Westis based won the Harold D. Lasswell prize of the American Political Science Association.



Preface: An Intellectual History


Introduction: Intellectuals, Ideas, and Identity in the Sources of International Change



The Origins and Nature of Old Thinking



Leaders, Society, and Intellectuals During the Thaw



Intellectuals and the World: From the Secret Speech to the Prague Spring



The Dynamics of New Thinking in the Era of Stagnation



Advance and Retreat: New Thinking in the Time of Crisis and Transition



The New Thinking Comes to Power


Conclusion: Reflections on the Origins and Fate of New Thinking


Notes


Bibliography


Index