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We shall be masters Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin
"We Shall Be Masters is an illuminating account of Russia's attempts-and failures-to achieve great power status in Asia. Since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by opportunity to the East. Under the tsars, Russians colonized Alaska, California, and Hawaii. The Trans-Siberian...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction: "Only a Short Distance Away": Russia's Arrival on the Pacific Coast
- 1. Lord of Alaska: Tsar Alexander I's Transpacific Empire
- 2. "Russian Control Will Be Guaranteed Forever": Nikolai Muravev and the Conquest of the Pacific Coast
- 3. "We Can Still Repeat the Exploits of Cortez": Expansion and Retreat in China's Central Asian Borderlands
- 4. "Tightening the Bonds between Us": Sergei Witte and the Trans-Siberian Railway
- 5. "A New Mecca for the East": The Bolshevik Revolution in China
- 6. "We Must Have Our Hands Free": Stalin's Drive for Hegemony in East Asia
- 7. "The Great Hope of Humankind": Soft-Power Socialism in Asia
- 8. Perestroika and the Pacific: Mikhail Gorbachev's Opening to Asia
- Conclusion: "Heir to the Empire of Genghis Khan": Vladimir Putin's Pivot to Asia
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index