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28%OFFMarshall T. Poe - The Russian Moment in World History - 9780691126067 - V9780691126067
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The Russian Moment in World History

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Description for The Russian Moment in World History Paperback. Is Russian history one big inevitable failure? The Soviet Union's demise and Russia's ensuing troubles have led many to wonder. But this is to look through a skewed prism indeed. This history of Russia takes us beyond the Soviet haze deep into the nation's - not at all inevitable, and in key respects remarkably successful - past. Num Pages: 136 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
Is Russian history one big inevitable failure? The Soviet Union's demise and Russia's ensuing troubles have led many to wonder. But this is to look through a skewed prism indeed. In this provocative and elegantly written short history of Russia, Marshall Poe takes us well beyond the Soviet haze deep into the nation's fascinating--not at all inevitable, and in key respects remarkably successful--past. Tracing Russia's course from its beginnings to the present day, Poe shows that Russia was the only non-Western power to defend itself against Western imperialism for centuries. It did so by building a powerful state that molded ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
180g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691126067
SKU
V9780691126067
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About Marshall T. Poe
Marshall T. Poe is the author of several books on Russian history, including "A People Born to Slavery: Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476-1748". He has taught history at Columbia University, New York University, and Harvard University, and is currently an analyst with the "Atlantic Monthly".

Reviews for The Russian Moment in World History
"If half a millennium of Russian history is to be distilled into a hundred pages of text, one has to have a strong thesis. Poe does... If those who disagree can offer a counterargument as compact, vigorous, and accessible as Poe's, the rest of us will greatly benefit."
Foreign Affairs "Condensing 1,400 years of history into 100 well-argued pages is a ... Read more

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