{"product_id":"the-impossible-triangle-9780822322894","title":"The Impossible Triangle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together Mexican, Soviet, and North American (as well as British) perspectives, this book shows how the convergence of each country's domestic and foreign policies precluded them from a harmonious triangular relationship. It contributes to an understanding of the international dimension of the Mexican revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Triange\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds on many levels, but perhaps none more than in its innovative trilateral approach. The Mexico that emerges from Spenser’s narrative is both object—of the unequal struggle for influence between the United States and the Soviet Union—and subject, capable of dealing with these two ‘courtiers’ on its own terms. This engagingly-told story reminds us of the radical contingencies thrown up by the Bolshevik Revolution and how that revolution permanently altered the conduct of international relations.”—Lewis Siegelbaum, Michigan State University\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Triangle\u003c\/i\u003e documents a comedy of errors that tells us how, in\u003cbr\u003esimilar unforeseen situations, before pursuing reality, every diplomacy pursues its own phantoms.”—Adolfo Gilly, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \/ Friedrich Katz        ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments        xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction        1\u003cbr\u003e Part One- The Encounter of Two Revolutions, 1917-1924        \u003cbr\u003e 1 The United States in Search of Its Mexican Policy        9\u003cbr\u003e 2 Mexico in Soviet Calculations        32\u003cbr\u003e 3 Soviet Russia in Mexican Politics        51\u003cbr\u003e Part Two- The Revolutions Arrive at Cross-Purposes, 1924-1927        \u003cbr\u003e 4 The United States Challenges Mexico        75\u003cbr\u003e 5 The Soviets Misunderstand Their Meixcan Friend        95\u003cbr\u003e 6 Mexico at the Crossroads        113\u003cbr\u003e Part Three- The Revolutions Collide, 1928-1930        \u003cbr\u003e 7 The United States as Good Neighbor        133\u003cbr\u003e 8 The Ideological Excesses of the Comintern        152\u003cbr\u003e 9 The Break in relations between Mexico and the USSR        170\u003cbr\u003e Final Reflections        191\u003cbr\u003e Notes        195\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography        231\u003cbr\u003e Index        251","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406022517079,"sku":"9780822322894","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822322894.jpg?v=1730494275","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-impossible-triangle-9780822322894","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}