We Shall Be Masters: Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin

by Chris Miller

Book Overview

An illuminating account of Russia's attempts--and failures--to achieve great power status in Asia.

Since Peter the Great, Russian leaders have been lured by opportunity to the East. Under the tsars, Russians colonized Alaska, California, and Hawaii. The Trans-Siberian Railway linked Moscow to Vladivostok. And Stalin looked to Asia as a sphere of influence, hospitable to the spread of Soviet Communism. In Asia and the Pacific lay territory,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674916441
• ISBN13: 9780674916449
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"