Russia and the United States - 9781138532182

Name: Russia and the United States - 9781138532182
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Russia and the United StatesAuthor(s): Pitirim Sorokin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138532182, 978-1138532182\nSynopsis\nThroughout the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union viewed themselves as saviors of the world, and each saw itself as working on behalf of humanity against the other. The unexpected implosion of the Soviet empire in 1989 brought an end to this bipolar world and left both nations uncertain about their relations to the world and to each other. Antagonism between the United States and Russia is rooted in a lack of knowledge of each other's culture and history. This pioneering volume, first published in 1944 at the height of the [url] alliance, steers us through the labyrinth of mutual ignorance that continues in the post-Cold War era. \n\nPitirim Alexandrovitch Sorokin is one of the major figures of modern sociology. Born in rural Russia in 1889, he took an active part in the .