2. The establishment of unofficial relations with the western powers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction xi
5. 1. The genesis of a revolutionary foreign policy 1
6. 2. The establishment of unofficial relations with the western powers 33
7. 3. On s’engage et puis on volt 45
8. 4. War or peace: revolutionary foreign policy in transition 72
9. 5. ‘No war, no peace’ 91
10. 6. This beast springs quickly 113
11. 7. Brest-Litovsk: an evaluation 157
12. 8. The new foreign policy 170
13. 9. War and peace: Soviet-German relations after the peace of Brest-Litovsk 195
14. 10. Soviet Russia and the allies after Brest-Litovsk: the failure of cooperation 230
15. 11. The road to war: last efforts to avert allied intervention 262
16. 12. The road to peace: negotiation of the supplementary treaties with Germany 300
17. 13. Survival 356
18. 14. Conclusion 408
19. Selected bibliography 421
20. Index 435