Stalinist Theory and Soviet Foreign Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6403535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diplomaticu, Diplomaticus Diplomaticus (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1952 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 468-483 |
| Publication date | 1952-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500003740 |
| OpenAlex | W1991990473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Arguments about Soviet foreign policy usually include a lively debate about whether the Politburo is made up of Marxists or Machiavellians. The defenders of the Machiavellian interpretation of Soviet behaviour insist that the Communists are just “power politicians” carrying out the historic Russian program of expansion under a new guise. Until recently this view has been by far the most popular with American scholars and laymen. Few people here even now would take the position diat the Soviet Union's actions are a blind fulfillment of Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist theory. Some would, however, insist that an understanding of this theory will facilitate interpretation of Soviet behaviour. Indeed, some Soviet policies and actions make much more sense when placed within a Stalinist frame of reference than as “power politics
Economics · Epistemology · Foreign policy · Frame (networking · Interpretation (philosophy · Marxist philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Sociology · Soviet union · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,01 |
| Citation span | 1958 - 1958 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |