The End of Empire?: The Transformation of the USSR in Comparative PerspectiveKaren Dawisha, Bruce Parrott M.E. Sharpe, 1997 - 374 pages First Published in 1997. This book is the ninth in a series often volumes produced by the Russian Littoral Project, The project shares the conviction that the transformation of the former Soviet republics into independent states demands systematic analysis of the determinants of the domestic and foreign policies of the new countries. The series of volumes is intended to provide a basis for comprehensive scholarly study of these issues. This volume was shaped by the author's view that future scholarship about the post Soviet world requires both specialized research and broad-gauge studies that carefully juxtapose the breakup of the Soviet empire with the transformation of other multinational empires. |
Contents
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The Rise Fall and Future of the Russian Empire A Theoretical Interpretation | 26 |
Imperial Disintegration | 59 |
The Fall of the Tsarist Empire and the USSR The Russian Question and Imperial Overextension | 61 |
The Disintegration of the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires A Comparative Analysis | 90 |
Decolonization Britain France and the Cold War | 117 |
Peripheral Successor States and the Legacies of Empire | 151 |
State Building in the Shadow of an EmpireState The Soviet Legacy in PostSoviet Politics | 153 |
Metropolitan Successor States and the Question of Imperial Reconstitution | 237 |
The Fate of Empire in PostTsarist Russia and in the PostSoviet Era | 239 |
Between the Second and Third Reichs The Weimar Republic as Imperial Interregnum | 257 |
Empires NeoEmpires and Political Change The British and French Experience | 282 |
Changing Forms and Prospects of Empire | 309 |
The Prospects for NeoImperial and Nonimperial Outcomes in the Former Soviet Space | 311 |
Constructing and Deconstructing Empire in the PostSoviet Space | 334 |
Project Participants | 359 |
The Habsburg and Ottoman Empires and Their Aftermaths | 182 |
Peripheral Successor States and the Legacy of Empire Succeeding the British and French Empires in Africa | 194 |
The Imperial Culture of NorthSouth Relations The Case of Islam and the West | 214 |
Index | 361 |
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