National Identity and Foreign Policy: Nationalism and Leadership in Poland, Russia and Ukraine

by Ilya Prizel

Book Overview

This book is based on the premise that the foreign policy of any country is heavily influenced by a society's evolving notions of itself. Applying his analysis to Russia, Poland, and Ukraine, the author argues that national identity is an ever-changing concept, influenced by internal and external events, and by the manipulation of a polity's collective memory. The interaction of the narrative of a society and its foreign policy is therefore paramount...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521576970
• ISBN13: 9780521576970
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"