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100			_aRadchenko, Sergey _9426489
245			_aTo run the world: the Kremlin's cold war bid for global power
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c2024
300			_aviii, 760 p.:ill. _bIncludes notes, bibliographical references and index
520			_aWhat 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. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/to-run-the-world/6C2B9062482ECE81680C78DDDB08BE5D#fndtn-information
650			_aHistory - cold war - Russia _9426690
650			_aSoviet union - foreign relations -1945-1991 _9426691
650			_aDiplomatic relations _9426692
650			_aSoviet union - politics and government _983705
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