The Soviet Union and the Threat from the East, 1933-41

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Negotiation from Weakness to Negotiation from Strength, 1932–34

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   Pages 1-37

3. Deterrence and Attempted Dètente, 1934–36

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   Pages 38-53

4. The Chinese Communist Party and the Comintern

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   Pages 54-87

5. The Sino-Japanese War and Soviet Aid to China, 1937–38

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   Pages 88-111

6. Frontier Fighting: Lake Khasan (1938) and Khalkhin-Gol (1939)

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   Pages 112-134

7. The Tables are Turned: Japan Appeases Russia, 1939–41

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   Pages 135-162

8. Conclusions

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   Pages 163-165

9. Back Matter

   Pages 166-208

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This is the third in a series of volumes detailing the history of Soviet foreign policy from the Great Depression to the Great Patriotic War. It covers Soviet policy in the Far East from the Japanese rejection of a non-aggression pact in January 1933 to the conclusion of a neutrality pact in April 1941. During the course of that period the Soviet Union moved from being the vulnerable and isolated suitor to a position of negotiation from strength.

• communism
• foreign policy
• history
• Policy
• Russia
• Soviet Union
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
• russian and post-soviet politics

• King’s College, Cambridge, UK

  Jonathan Haslam

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