The Russian Dilemma, 2nd Edition

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

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This revised and updated edition of The Russian Dilemma is an outstanding survey and analysis of Russia's development from the end of Mongol rule to the present day. Emphasizing the country's Eurasian heritage in history and geopolitics, the volume explains how Russia's geographical situation has led to the creation of a vast empire--composed of many races, nationalities, and religions--around what was once only a small duchy. Robert Wesson clearly demonstrates how Russia is on the one hand, a European State and, on the other, an Eastern Empire. He describes how the country has drawn heavily on European ideas and technology in order to participate in the Western power system, and yet, politically, has remained an Eastern regime.

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ROBERT WESSON is a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution with the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has published books on various aspects of foreign politics and Latin America including The Latin American Military Institution (1986), Latin American Views of U.S. Foreign Policy (1985), and Democracy in Latin America (1981), as well as the editor of The Politics in Latin American Series, all published by Praeger.