The Russia anxiety : and how history can resolve it

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The Russia anxiety : and how history can resolve it

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and how history can resolve it

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Mark B. Smith

Creator

• Smith, Mark B

Subject

• Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government
• Russia -- Foreign relations

Language

eng

Summary

Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and flawed. Why are we so afraid of it? Time and again, we judge Russia by unique standards. We have usually assumed that it possesses higher levels of cunning, malevolence and brutality. Yet the country has more often than not been a crucial ally, not least against Napoleon and in the two world wars. We admire its music and its writers. We lavish praise on the Russian soul. And still we think of Russia as a unique menace. What is it about this extraordinary country that consistently provokes such excessive responses? And why is this so dangerous? Ranging from the earliest times to the present, Mark B. Smith's remarkable new book is a history of this 'Russia Anxiety'. --

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non fiction

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bibliography