Author: Rubinstein, Alvin Z.
Title: Soviet Policy Toward Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan: The Dynamic of Influence
Description: New York, Praeger, (1982). orig.boards.. 24x16cm, xiv,201 pp, Series: Studies of Influence in International Relations.. Textual table & map. Minor rubbing. A removed-label smudge to rear cover. VG ¶ Contents: Soviet-Turkish Relations: The Origins and Evolution of Coexistence; Antecedent Animosity; The Friendly Interregnum: 1920-38; The Effect of the War on Soviet Ambitions; Stalin's Grab for the Straits; The Thaw; Doubts and Détente; Notes; The Wary Detente; Economic Cooperation; Cyprus: Crisis and Catalyst: Political Accommodation; The Straits; U.S. Military Bases: Military-Political Considerations; The Limits of Rapprochement; Notes; Russia and Iran: The Roots of Enmity; between Two Wars: 1917 to 1941; Stalin's Imperial Policy; The Drift Toward Normalization, 1953-63; Notes; The kremlin and the Shah, 1968-78; Geostrategic Overview; Economic Détente; The Natural Gas Incident; The Iraqi Dimension; Imperial Rivalry in the Gulf; Iran's Arms Buildup; The Role of Gendarme; Iran's Efforts to Promote Regional Cooperation; Sino- Iranian Relations; The Fall of the Pahlavis; Notes; The Soviet-Iranian Relationship under Khomeini; The Limits of Normalization; The Afghan Crisis; The Iraqi-Iranian War; The Price of Natural Gas; Soviet Interference in Iran's Internal Affairs; Observations; Notes; Russian and Afghanistan in Historical Perspective; The European imperial Impact; Outcasts on the Oxus; The Pakhtoonistan Issue and Regional Polarization; Peaceful Coexistence; Notes; The Last Years of Peaceful Coexistence Soviet-Afghan Relations, 1963-78; The Failure of the Constitutional Experiment; Economic Dependency; Economic Dependency; Pakhtoonistan and Pakistan; Brezhnev's Asian Collective Security Proposal; China; The Iranian Option;..

Keywords: Diplomatic History, Foreign Policy, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Communist Russia, Diplomacy, Central West Asia