The Precarious Truce: Anglo-Soviet Relations 1924-27

by Gabriel Gorodetsky

Book Overview

Lenin's death at the beginning of 1924 coincided with an exhaustive search by the USSR for a modus vivendi with the capitalist world. In laying the foundations of peaceful co-existence, priority was given to the cultivation of relations with Britain. This study examines the British government's various responses to the Soviet overtures. The scope of the work ranges from Labour's de jure recognition of the Soviet Union at the beginning of 1924 to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521086892
• ISBN13: 9780521086899
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"