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ID079239
Title ProperEncircled by enemies
Other Title InformationStalin's Perceptions of the capitalist world, 1918 - 1941
LanguageENG
AuthorHarris, James
Publication2007.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The article examines Stalin's intelligence on the capitalist world, including materials from military archives, diplomatic archives, and Stalin's private papers. It explores how these materials were collected, interpreted and shaped by Stalin's prejudices. It concludes that, from the end of the Civil War to the Nazi invasion, Stalin and the Soviet leadership believed that the Soviet Union was under a nearly constant threat of invasion from shifting coalitions of capitalist powers. No such threat existed until the late 1930s, but Stalin's perceptions have important implications for our understanding of Soviet foreign and domestic politics in the interwar period
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Strategic Studies Vol. 30, No.3; Jun 2007: p513-545
Journal SourceJournal of Strategic Studies Vol. 30, No.3; Jun 2007: p513-545
Key WordsIntelligence ;  Ideology ;  Stalinism