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Soviet strategy and the origins of Soviet-French military cooperation in the 1930s

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ID11158100
AutoresAleksandr Vershinin (0000-0001-5206-8013, Lomonosov Moscow State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen44
Número5
Páginas685-714
Fecha de publicación2021-07-29
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Strategic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0140-2390 • E-ISSN: 1743-937X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402390.2020.1737930
OpenAlexW3018363392
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas12

This article is about the first attempts of Soviet-French rapprochement in the military sphere in the early 1930s. It is based largely upon unpublished documents from the Soviet foreign policy (AVPRF), military (RGVA) and the communist party (RGASPI) archives in Moscow. It contends that for the top leadership of the USSR the political rapprochement with France did not necessarily lead to making a fully-fledged military alliance. Despite the attitude of Soviet diplomats in Paris, Moscow remained distrustful of the French. It considered military cooperation with them as a way to reinforce the Red Army and strengthen international positions of the USSR without taking excessive obligations

Alliance · Communism · Economic history · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law

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