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Looking Back at the Gouzenko Defection by Angela Gendron is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Looking Back at the Gouzenko Defection about?
A historical perspective aids our understanding of the present and capacity to anticipate the future. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but particularly its brutality and policy of "constructive destruction," was shocking and unexpected, but faced with Russia's relegation from superpower status, it was always a possibility that Putin would emulate Stalin's determination to maintain Russian influence in the world and challenge the West's dominance. The risk of recurrent totalitarianism borne of the fear, distrust, and mutual demonization which characterized the ideological rivalry of the early Cold War years has led to a search for historical analogies of relevance to the growing East/West tensions of today that threaten to bring about a second Cold War or limited nuclear conflict. The motivating ideology for Russian expansionism is no longer Communism, but a mythical narrative that promotes Russian nationalism, patriotism, and exceptionalism. Putin's authoritarian state with its concentration of power and recourse to propaganda, disinformation, and lies is daily looking more Stalinesque and the Cold War question-how to contain Russian ambition-remains to be answered. While the
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It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Social Sciences.
- Author
- Angela Gendron
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences