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TO RUN THE WORLD - SERGEY RADCHENKO GEBUNDEN

What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying
desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar
era  Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's
decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected
its irreconcilable ambitions as a self-proclaimed superpower and the leader of global
revolution. This tension drove Soviet policies from Stalin's postwar scramble for territory to
Khrushchev's reckless overseas adventurism and nuclear brinksmanship  Brezhnev's jockeying for
influence in the third world  and Gorbachev's failed attempts to reinvent Moscow's claims to
greatness. Perennial insecurities  delusions of grandeur  and desire for recognition propelled
Moscow on a headlong quest for global power  with dire consequences and painful legacies that
continue to shape our world.

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