{"product_id":"unwanted-visionaries-the-soviet-failure-in-asia-at-the-end-of-the-cold-war-9780199938773","title":"Unwanted Visionaries: The Soviet Failure in Asia at the End of the Cold War","description":"Mikhail Gorbachev's relations with the West have captured the imagination of contemporaries and historians alike, but his vision of Soviet leadership in Asia has received far less attention. The failure of Gorbachev's Asian initiatives has had dramatic consequences, by the late 1980s, the\u003cbr\u003eSoviet Union was in full retreat from Asia, and since the Soviet collapse, Russia has been left on the sidelines of the Pacific century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exceptionally wide-ranging and deeply researched book, Sergey Radchenko offers an illuminating account of the end of the Cold War in the East, tracing the death of Soviet ambitions in Asia. Radchenko shows that Gorbachev began with big gestures, of which the most important was his\u003cbr\u003einitiative in Vladivostok in July 1986, the opening salvo of the Soviet charm offensive in Asia Pacific. The problem, Radchenko points out, was that no one in Asia bought into Gorbachev's vision. If the Soviets had realized earlier that they needed Asia more than Asia needed them, they might have\u003cbr\u003eplayed a much more important role there. Instead, China was largely misunderstood, early gains in India were squandered, Japan was ignored or condescended to, and the Korean scenario played out in ways most unfavorable to Russia. Radchenko captures all of this in his compelling narrative, shedding\u003cbr\u003eimportant new light on many key players, including Gorbachev, Deng Xiaoping, Margaret Thatcher, Boris Yeltsin, and George H. W. Bush, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on archival research in Russia, China, Mongolia, India, the United States, Britain, and numerous European countries and on interviews with former policy makers in a dozen countries, \u003cem\u003eUnwanted Visionaries\u003c\/em\u003e presents a deftly narrated and penetrating portrait of the Soviet failure in the East, with\u003cbr\u003ea wealth of valuable insight into Asia today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sergey Radchenko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199938773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSergey Radchenko\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus, People's Republic of China. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eTwo Suns in the Heavens: The Sino-Soviet Struggle for Supremacy, 1962-1967 \u003c\/em\u003eand co-author of \u003cem\u003eThe Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937678803059,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_919f727f-ee11-4f64-83a0-1e3a558d9bcf.jpg?v=1647995597","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/unwanted-visionaries-the-soviet-failure-in-asia-at-the-end-of-the-cold-war-9780199938773","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}