{"product_id":"the-soviet-union-and-its-southern-neighbours-iran-and-afghanistan-1917-1933-9781138982703","title":"The Soviet Union and Its Southern Neighbours: Iran and Afghanistan 1917-1933","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mikhail Volodarsky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Middle East - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book investigates the goals and methods of the former Soviet Union's foreign policy using the examples of its relations with Iran and Afghanistan. It analyses early Soviet foreign policy in the Middle East, a region in which Russia had traditionally been active politically, competing with Great Britain. The tradition was adopted and the policy made more aggressive by the Bolsheviks. Even in this early period of its existence, the Soviet Union sought to ensure the dependence of its southern neighbours through a series of economic and political agreements and to use them as a strategic and economic factor in its anti-British policy in the Middle East. In uncovering the truth about Soviet policy in the Middle East, the author has used archival materials from the British, French and former Soviet ministries of foreign affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45237693841559,"sku":"9781138982703","price":4150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138982703.webp?v=1769217313","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-soviet-union-and-its-southern-neighbours-iran-and-afghanistan-1917-1933-9781138982703","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}