United States Relations with Russia and the Soviet Union: A Historical Dictionary

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A historical dictionary covering the period from the 18th century, when the United States began trading with Russia, to the present. It includes entries, arranged alphabetically, on events, policies, summit meetings and treaties, and also the people, organisations, institutions and businesses involved in the gamut of US relations with Russia and the Soviet Union.

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The bibliographic essay that closes the book provides a good overall list of basic works in the history of U.S. and Soviet/Russian relations.-Library Journal
Upper-division and graduate students will find this book useful.-Canadian Slavonic Papers
"Upper-division and graduate students will find this book useful."-Canadian Slavonic Papers
"The bibliographic essay that closes the book provides a good overall list of basic works in the history of U.S. and Soviet/Russian relations."-Library Journal

Author Bio

DAVID SHAVIT is Associate Professor of Library and Information Studies at Northern Illinois University. His earlier works include The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1990), The United States in Africa: A Historical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1989), and The United States in the Middle East: A Historical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1987).