ABSTRACT
First Published in 1997. This book is the ninth in a series often volumes produced by the Russian Littoral Project, The project shares the conviction that the transformation of the former Soviet republics into independent states demands systematic analysis of the determinants of the domestic and foreign policies of the new countries. The series of volumes is intended to provide a basis for comprehensive scholarly study of these issues. This volume was shaped by the author’s view that future scholarship about the post Soviet world requires both specialized research and broad-gauge studies that carefully juxtapose the breakup of the Soviet empire with the transformation of other multinational empires.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|62 pages
Theoretical Perspectives on the Forms and Development of Empires
part II|92 pages
Imperial Disintegration
chapter 3|29 pages
The Fall of the Tsarist Empire and the USSR
part III|86 pages
Peripheral Successor States and the Legacies of Empire
chapter 6|29 pages
State Building in the Shadow of an Empire-State
chapter 8|20 pages
Peripheral Successor States and the Legacy of Empire
part IV|72 pages
Metropolitan Successor States and the Question of Imperial Reconstitution
chapter 11|25 pages
Between the Second and Third Reichs
part V|49 pages
Changing Forms and Prospects of Empire