To Transform the Revolution into an Evolution
Underlying Assumptions of German Foreign Policy toward Soviet Russia, 1919-27
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10076903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Cameron (0000-0003-2816-1319, Southeast Missouri State University, corresponding author), J David Cameron (Southeast Missouri State University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-24 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022009405049263 |
| OpenAlex | W2100290990 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
During the 1920s, the German Foreign Office looked to Russia as an important diplomatic partner in its efforts to revise the Versailles settlement. The radical nature of the Bolshevik regime, however, complicated Berlin’s efforts to build a close relationship with Moscow. Ultimately, Berlin believed that Soviet Russia would evolve away from Bolshevism and that through a policy of economic engagement Berlin could promote this process. This article analyses this central assumption of German policy and Berlin’s most important effort to pursue this policy, the German-Soviet Trade Treaty of 1925. Ultimately it argues that Berlin’s hopes for an evolution in Soviet Russia proved nothing more than wishful thinking
Archaeology · Economic history · Economics · Foreign policy · German · Nothing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Treaty · Wishful thinking · European history and politics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |