Soviet Russia's Foreign Policy, 1939-1942

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Soviet Russia's Foreign Policy, 1939-1942. David J. Dallin. Soviet foreign policy during the early war years started as a pragmatic isolationist strategy, which included territorial expansion, as shown by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that enabled the division of Poland and spheres of influence in Eastern Europe. However, this strategy collapsed with Germany's invasion of the USSR in June 1941, after which Soviet policy shifted to an alliance with the democratic powers, and joining the Allied forces against Nazi Germany.

CT (New Haven): Yale University Press, 1942. Scarce 1st edition (no further printings stated). 452 pages. No dj. Overall about fine, remarkably well preserved. 1 copy only.

 Dallin (1889-1962), birth name - David Yulevich Levin - was a Belarusian-American, who at one time was strongly aligned with the Mensheviki during his younger years. He was a prolific writer. This book was his first, followed by many more books on history and politics of the USSR and the East. He was also instrumentally involved in the Kravchenko defection (Viktor Kravchenko defected to the US during WWII, and began writing about his experiences as an official in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union). Translated by Leon Dennin.