Soviet Policy In The Far East: 1944-1951
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Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
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At the precise moment when the fate of Asia hung in the balance, the Soviet Union manoeuvred with calculated precision across the Far East — and Max Beloff's authoritative study chronicles every pivotal move. Soviet Policy in the Far East: 1944–1951 presents a meticulous examination of Soviet foreign policy during one of the most volatile periods in modern history, spanning the final years of World War II through the outbreak of the Korean War, mapping the USSR's strategic ambitions across China, Korea, Japan, and beyond. Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, this work argues with scholarly rigour that Soviet actions in the Far East were not opportunistic but part of a coherent imperial design rooted in Tsarist precedent and ideological imperialism. Beloff, then Nuffield Reader in the Comparative Study of Institutions at the University of Oxford, writes with the cool analytical authority of a seasoned political historian, dissecting treaty negotiations, military interventions, and Communist Party alignments with equal precision. A landmark of Cold War scholarship, it remains an indispensable lens through which to understand how the Soviet shadow fell — and lingered — across an entire continent.
Author: Max Beloff
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, Oxford University Press
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
At the precise moment when the fate of Asia hung in the balance, the Soviet Union manoeuvred with calculated precision across the Far East — and Max Beloff's authoritative study chronicles every pivotal move. Soviet Policy in the Far East: 1944–1951 presents a meticulous examination of Soviet foreign policy during one of the most volatile periods in modern history, spanning the final years of World War II through the outbreak of the Korean War, mapping the USSR's strategic ambitions across China, Korea, Japan, and beyond. Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, this work argues with scholarly rigour that Soviet actions in the Far East were not opportunistic but part of a coherent imperial design rooted in Tsarist precedent and ideological imperialism. Beloff, then Nuffield Reader in the Comparative Study of Institutions at the University of Oxford, writes with the cool analytical authority of a seasoned political historian, dissecting treaty negotiations, military interventions, and Communist Party alignments with equal precision. A landmark of Cold War scholarship, it remains an indispensable lens through which to understand how the Soviet shadow fell — and lingered — across an entire continent.