Soviet Foreign Policy In A Changing World

Product Description This Anthology Provides Readers With A Broad Overview Of The Sources, Substance, And Significance Of Soviet Foreign Policy In The Contemporary Period. It Covers Both The Legacies Of The Tsarist And Stalinist Eras And The Motivations And Priorities Of Presentday Soviet Leaders. Included Are Sizable Sections On The Policymaking Process And Military Power, As Well As Soviet Relations With The U.S., Western And Eastern Europe, The Far East, And The Third World. Divergent Viewpoints Are Expressed Throughout; Future Prospects And Directions For Soviet Foreign Policy Are Also Discussed. The Emphasis Of This Collection Is Practical And Policyoriented. The Contributors Are Distinguished Present And Recent Officials Of The U.S. Government, Scholars, And Fulltime Researchers In Government Advisory Agencies. All Are From The U.S., Canada, And Europe. Their Essays Are Insightful And Empirically Grounded, Some Revised And Tipdated Specifically For This Collection, While Three (Goodson And Schultz, Herspring, And Leighton) Are Published Here For The First Time. The Collection Provides A Comprehensive View Of Contemporary Soviet Behavior In International Affairs While Reflecting The Concerns Of Americans Both Inside And Outside Of Government Who Help Formulate And Implement U.S. Policy Toward The Soviet Union. As With Its Companion Volumesthe Sovief Polity In The Modern Era (Aldine, 1984) And The Conduct Of Soviet Foreign Policy (Aldine, 1980)Soviet Foreign Policy In A Changing World Will Become An Important Text In Soviet Studies, And Will Be Of Interest To Government Officials And The General Reader With An Interest In Soviet Studies As Well. About The Author Erik P. Hoffmann Is Professor Of Political Science, The Nelson A. Rockefeller College Of Public Affairs And Policy, State University Of New York At Albany, And Senior Associate, Research Institute On International Change, Columbia University. He Is Coauthor Of Technocratic Socialism: The Soviet Union In The Advanced Industrial Era, The Politics Of Economic Modernization In The Soviet Union, And The Scientifictechnological Revolution And Soviet Foreign Policy; Editor Of The Soviet Union In The 1980S; And Coeditor (With Frederick J. Fleron) Of The Conduct Of Soviet Foreign Policy (Aldine, 1980) And The Soviet Polity In The Modern Era (Aldine, 1984).Robbin F. Laird Is Senior Researcher, Strategy, Forces, And Resources Division, Institute For Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Virginia. He Is Author Of France, The Soviet Union, And The Nuclear Weapons Issue; Coauthor Of Technocratic Socialism: The Soviet Union In The Advanced Industrial Era, The Soviet Union And Strategic Arms, The Politics Of Economic Modernization In The Soviet Union, And The Scientifictechnological Revolution And Soviet Foreign Policy; And Coeditor (With Erik P. Hoffmann) Of The Soviet Polity In The Modern Era (Aldine, 1984).