The End of the Cold War and the Causes of Soviet Collapse

by Nick Bisley

• ISBN13: 9781403935786
• ISBN10: 1403935785
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-09-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Soviet efforts to end the Cold War were intended to help revitalize the USSR. Instead, Nick Bisley argues, they contributed crucially to its collapse. Using historical-sociological theory, this work shows that international confrontation had been an important element of Soviet rule and that the retreat from this confrontational posture weakened institutional-functional aspects of the state. This played a vital role in making the USSR vulnerable to the forces of economic crisis, elite fragmentation and nationalism which ultimately caused its collapse.

Author Biography

Nick Bisley was educated at the University of Melbourne and at the London School of Economics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
List of Abbreviations	viii
The Cold War and the Soviet State	1	(21)
Historical Sociology, International Relations and the State	22	(20)
Foreign Policy and Soviet State Power	42	(32)
Ending the Cold War	74	(31)
The Vulnerability of a Great Power	105	(28)
Foreign Policy Change and State Stability	133	(19)
Appendix	152	(11)
Notes	163	(31)
Bibliography	194	(12)
Index	206

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