{"product_id":"nationalism-and-the-breakup-of-an-empire-russia-and-its-periphery-hardcover","title":"Nationalism and the Breakup of an Empire: Russia and Its Periphery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiron Rezun\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Soviet polity is presently going through its most difficult transition ever. The Russian Center's point of view is that the crisis is an issue of imperialism: the decline and fall of the old Russian empire, the undoing of the pax Russica, the derangement of the Russian imperial consciousness. From the viewpoint of the former march-lands of the empire, the issue is nationalism. Since Mikhail Gorbachev launched his reform program under the rubric of perestroika and glasnost, the most dramatic changes taking place in the USSR have been in the area of ethnic and minority nationalism. The Soviet nationalities problem has become central to the nations of the world, as well as to all minority and national groups. The purpose of this book is to present a comprehensive analysis of the impact of nationalism on the break-up of the Soviet Union, measure the effects of this dissolution, and examine the remnants and revisions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors conclude that the Russian Empire is at the end of its tether, but what will remain will still be a viable world power. The second conclusion is that the so-called center of the empire will be in Russia herself, much more than in the past, and that a new form of Russian nationalism is in the making, which could have aggressive and expansionist tendencies. Policymakers, Soviet-area specialists, and students will find this book provocative and useful.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMIRON REZUN, born in Israel, is a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and has published widely on the Soviet Union and the Middle East. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eEtudes Internationales\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQueen's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eProblems of Communism\u003c\/i\u003e. He has edited a book called Iran at the \u003ci\u003eCrossroads: Global Relations in a Turbulent Decade\u003c\/i\u003e (1990). He has also published \u003ci\u003ePost-Khomeini Iran and the New Gulf War\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eIntrigue and War in Southwest Asia\u003c\/i\u003e (Praeger, 1991), and \u003ci\u003eSaddam Hussein's Gulf Wars\u003c\/i\u003e (Praeger, 1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584510935261,"sku":"9780275943202","price":194.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/3DHdEzLdK59780275943202.webp?v=1773613245","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/nationalism-and-the-breakup-of-an-empire-russia-and-its-periphery-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}