tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post1566952093451282276..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Early Soviet DiplomacyPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-6425239274872637812013-08-02T21:15:10.961+01:002013-08-02T21:15:10.961+01:00Dead right. The same 'de-sovietisation' to...Dead right. The same 'de-sovietisation' took place in the army, in the schools, in popular propaganda, etc.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-77000272187570685072013-07-25T10:59:52.360+01:002013-07-25T10:59:52.360+01:00This is exactly what I found in my masters researc...This is exactly what I found in my masters research. Initially in both conduct and custom the academics and diplomats followed an entierly marxist tact, which as mentioned wasnt very effective. The ascention of Stalin saw a gradual reversal and the purges saw many marxist international theorists marched off to the Gulag. By the mid 30s for sure you could not tell the difference between the form and function of Soviet and western etiquetteRob Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-78322544591333910612013-07-25T01:52:47.637+01:002013-07-25T01:52:47.637+01:00How one imagines Radek's entrance at Brest-Lit...How one imagines Radek's entrance at Brest-Litovsk. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsw9jYU_rJI<br /><br />Strategistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-44008341187160881672013-07-24T22:00:25.976+01:002013-07-24T22:00:25.976+01:00The answer is ... not very effective. But I don...The answer is ... not very effective. But I don't think we should be too quick to condemn. At the time Radek, Trotsky and co - with some justification - felt a Europe-wide revolution was around the corner. To turn down an opportunity to propagandise and thus hasten the day was, from that point of view, quite rational.<br /><br />But the soviet republic quickly learned. When the revolutionary tide receded by 1922 it was observing normal diplomatic protocols at the Genoa Conference aimed at normalising relations between it and the great powers.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-40170667927450147712013-07-24T20:52:17.057+01:002013-07-24T20:52:17.057+01:00My question, to which I don't know the answer,...My question, to which I don't know the answer, is - how effective was it?<br /><br />As a stunt leafleting "enemy" soldiers definitely worked because people still talk about it... but were there other concrete outcomes? As this is on the eve of a host of foreign nations invading Russia perhaps a different approach might have saved a few lives?Jim Jeppshttp://jimjepps.netnoreply@blogger.com