Bibliograph

We shall be masters, Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin, Chris Miller

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We shall be masters, Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin, Chris Miller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We shall be masters

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1250090097

Responsibility statement

Chris Miller

Series statement

JSTOR eBooks

Sub title

Russian pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Only a short distance away: Russia's arrival on the Pacific Coast -- Russia's Columbus: Tsar Alexander I's transpacific empire -- Russian control will be guaranteed forever: Nikolai Muravev and the conquest of the Pacific Coast -- We can repeat the exploits of Cortez: expansion and retreat in China's Central Asian borderlands -- Tightening the bonds between us: Sergei Witte and the Trans-Siberian Railway -- a Mecca for the East: the Bolshevik Revolution in China -- We must have our hands free: Stalin's drive for hegemony in East Asia -- The great hope of humankind: soft-power socialism in Asia -- Perestroika and the Pacific: Mikhail Gorbachev's opening to Asia -- Conclusion: Heir to the empire of Genghis Khan: Vladimir Putin's pivot to Asia

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