The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century

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Princeton University Press
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384
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6.42 X 9.33 X 1.13 inches | 1.52 pounds
Language
English
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Hardcover
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9780691152974

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About the Author
Angela E. Stent is professor of government and foreign service and director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University. Her books include Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, the Soviet Collapse, and the New Europe (Princeton).
Reviews
"One of Bloomberg Businessweek's Best Books of 2014, chosen by Dan Fuss"
"Winner of the 2014 Douglas Dillon Award, American Academy of Diplomacy"
"In her largely chronological account of U.S.-Russian relations since 1990, Ms. Stent gives a comprehensive overview of the obstacles that have prevented a closer relationship."---Yascha Mount, Wall Street Journal
"[L]ucid. . . . [R]eadable and sometimes surprising."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
"[M]agisterial."-- "The Economist"
"[Stent's] compelling book provides perhaps the most comprehensive and sober--as well as sobering--assessment of relations across the past two decades."---Neil Buckley, Financial Times
"Stent . . . expertly condenses the past two decades of this tumultuous relationship with an insider's command of detail."---Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, Times Higher Education
"In The Limits of Partnership, Stent . . . clearly and carefully lays out the contentious issues that have divided the United States and Russia since the end of the Cold War."---Glenn C. Altschuler, Huffington Post
"Until now, there have been no broad-based studies of the vexed contemporary U.S.-Russian relationship in English--or, for that matter, in Russian. This volume fills that void admirably."-- "Foreign Affairs"
"Truly outstanding."---Mark Adomanis, Forbes.com
"[An] insightful and balanced assessment of two decades of post-Soviet interaction between Washington and Moscow. . . . Stent draws many useful lessons from the ups-and-downs in the U.S.-Russian relationship."---Paul J. Saunders, National Interest
"In her magisterial new book The Limits of Partnership, Angela Stent performs a great service by showing that the end of the Obama Reset is only one part of a much broader pattern that goes back to the end of the Soviet Union."---Donald N. Jensen, Institute of Modern Russia
"Where Stent's narrative truly excels . . . is in presenting the Russian side of the story. It does not fall victim to the understandable temptation to mock Yeltsin or Putin, but rather treats Russia as a U.S. partner with legitimate grievances. This is a particularly worthwhile contribution."---Heather Williams, War Studies Publications
"The Limits of Partnership is a comprehensive and objective history and analysis. While dealing with the detailed complexity of the many issues involved, it does so in a clear, straightforward style. Although written before the present Ukrainian crisis, it is an indispensable source for understanding why this crisis has worsened our relationship with Russia."---Walter G. Moss, History News Network
"A descriptive and integrative type of work, The Limits of Partnership contributes to a renewed understanding of the legacy of the Cold war, of the cultural mechanisms underlying its practices, the ebb and flow, the meanderings and limitations of ideology, viewed in transnational perspective. Stent's is without doubt a particularly apt and timely undertaking, one whose pertinence is fully probed by the crisis in Ukraine that sparked a proliferation of discourse on the 'new Cold War.' This is certainly a cogent political analysis of the postcommunist architecture in Europe as it profiles itself at this juncture in the twenty-first century."---Adriana Neagu, American, British and Canadian Studies
"This is a remarkably even-handed account, in the best kind of way; it explains how each side has understood the serial breakdowns, and explains how the misperceptions on either side have allowed them to happen."---Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns, & Money blog
"Stent, former staffer at the National Intelligence Council and Department of State, has written a masterful analysis of US-Russian relations since the breakup of the Soviet Union. . . . Written in a lively, engaging manner that is free of academic jargon, the book is accessible to readers from a variety of disciplines and academic levels. . . . This book provides a complete and definitive rendering of the key events that have taken place in that relationship and deserves to be widely read."-- "Choice"
"[A] highly readable account of US foreign policy during the twenty-five years since the Berlin Wall came down, with respect not just to Russia, but the Eurasian continent generally."---David Warsh, Economic Principals