To Run The World
The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power

Meticulously researched, scrupulously even handed, one of the best history books I’ve read recently.......more

TO RUN THE WORLD offers a radical new interpretation of the motivations of Soviet foreign policy from the end of World War Il to the dissolution of the USSR. Author Sergey Radchenko, the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins, r......more

The book is a well-written account of Soviet foreign policy since 1945. It serves as a solid guide to the most important events and provides an interesting archival record of policy discussions, illuminating Soviet leaders' thinking and concerns. Because of its focus on high politics, the book gives......more

Radchenko's book might well be the best book on the Cold War published this decade. The approach, which focuses squarely on Soviet foreign policy, is conceptually excellent, giving space to understand the interlinkages between the Soviet policy towards relations with the Americans, Chinese, Arabs, a......more

Based on the review by John Lewis Gaddis July/August, 2024 issue of Foreign Affairs The USSR, the hope for worldwide communism under Stalin, could not manage the "Three-Body Problem" instability without brutal repression. 1) a solid external reputation, 2) Internal Control/Cohesion, and 3) Internal &......more