The Grand Strategy of the Soviet Union

The Grand Strategy of the Soviet Union is a book written by John Lewis Gaddis. It examines the grand strategy of the Soviet Union from the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The book demonstrates that the Soviet Union had a consistent grand strategy throughout its existence, consisting of a preference for defensive strategies and a focus on maintaining the status quo. It also explains how the Soviet Union's grand strategy interacted with its internal and external policies to shape the history of the twentieth century. Finally, Gaddis argues that the Soviet Union's grand strategy was ultimately its undoing, as it was unable to keep up with the changing times and failed to adapt to the new world order.