ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1985, examines the problem of nationality in the Soviet empire. Nationality issues affect many of the critical domestic and foreign policy questions that faced the Soviet leadership. Nationality trends in the 1980s conduced to make the relationship between Soviet domestic nationality concerns and Soviet foreign policy clearer: the problem both affected and was affected by its strategic environment. This book analyses this environment and the forces at work within it.

chapter |35 pages

The Spectre and Implications of Internal Nationalist Dissent

Historical and Functional Comparisons

chapter |14 pages

Soviet Nationalities Under Attack

The World War II Experience

chapter |26 pages

Empire, Nationalities, Borders

Soviet Assets and Liabilities

chapter |23 pages

Poland and the Soviet West