03898cam a2200505 i 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.0ta190612s2019    nyub     b    001 0 eng    a  2019019351  a9780190886059 (hardback)  a0190886056 (hardback)  aLBSOR/DLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng  apcc  ae-ur---ae-ru---14a338 DK 66bS655r 201900a327.471 aSmith, Mark B. 14aThe Russia anxiety : and how history can resolve itband how history can resolve it /cMark B. Smith. 1aNew York, NY :bOxford University Press,c2019.  axxv, 445 pages :bmaps ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe bear phantasmagoria : did history create the Russia anxiety?
The destiny problem : what's the alternative to the 'black legend' of Russia's history?
The narrative correction : what's really happened in the last 6,000 years?
The dictatorship deception : does Russia's past offer democratic prospects?
The terror moment : is Russia built on a history of violence?
The Europe question : has Russia ever been part of the west?
The empire relationship : is expansionism in Russia's DNA?
The invader obsession : does history make Russians seek peace or war?
The Stalin inheritance : should Russians remember the past or forget it?
The Putin prospect : is Russia's future contained in her past?  a"With proof of election-meddling and the relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin an ongoing conundrum, little wonder many Americans are experiencing what historian Mark B. Smith calls "the Russia Anxiety." This is no new phenomenon. Time and time again, the West has judged Russia on assumptions of its inherent cunning, malevolence, and brutality. Yet for much of its history, Russia functioned no differently-or at least no more dysfunctionally-than other absolutist, war-mongering European states. So what is it about this country that so often provokes such excessive responses? And why is this so dangerous? Russian history can indeed be viewed as a catalog of brutal violence, in which a rotation of secret police-from Ivan the Terrible's Oprichina to Andropov's KGB and Putin's FSB-hold absolute sway. However, as Smith shows, there are nevertheless deeper political and cultural factors that could lead to democratic outcomes. Violence is not an innate element of Russian culture, and Russia is not unknowable. From foreign interference and cyber-attacks to mega-corruption and nuclear weapons, Smith uses Russia's sprawling history to throw light on contemporary concerns. Smith reveals how the past has created today's Russia and how this past offers hints about its future place in the world-one that reaches beyond crisis and confrontation"--cProvided by publisher. 0aRussiaxForeign relations. 4aRusiaxRelaciones exteriores 0aSoviet UnionxForeign relations. 4aUnión Soviética xRelaciones exteriores  0aRussia (Federation)xForeign relations. 4aRusia (Federación)xRelaciones exteriores 0aRussia (Federation)xForeign relationszWestern countries. 4aRusia (Federación)xRelaciones exterioreszPaíses occidentales 0aWestern countriesxForeign relationszRussia (Federation) 4aPaíses occidentalesxRelaciones exterioreszRusia (Federación) 0aRussiaxHistory. 4aRusia  xHistoria 0aSoviet UnionxHistory. 4aUnión SoviéticaxHistoria 0aRussia (Federation)xHistoryy1991- 4aRusia (Federación)xHistoriay1991-