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...George M. Addy The New Cambridge Modern History . Vol. VI: The Rise of Great Britain and Russia 1688-1715/25 . Edited by Bromley J. S. . New York , 1970 . Cambridge University Press . Tables. Index . Pp. xxxiv , 947 . $12.50 . Copyright 1971 by Duke University Press 1971...

...Ron Seckinger Imperial Russia and the Struggle for Latin American Independence, 1808-1828 . By Bartley Russell H. . Austin , 1978 . Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas . Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xv , 236 . Cloth. $14.95 . Paper...

...Eric Paul Roorda The Impossible Triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s . By Spenser Daniela . Foreword by Katz Friedrich . American Encounters/Global Interactions . Durham : Duke University Press , 1999 . Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index...

...Walter Poesse Spanish Literature in Russia and in the Soviet Union. 1735-1964 . By Turkevich Ludmilla Buketoff . Metuchen , 1967 . The Scarecrow Press . Index . Pp. xi , 273 . $7.00 . Copyright 1968 by Duke University Press 1968 This is not a study of the diffusion...

...Bridget María Chesterton; Anatoly V. Isaenko Abstract This article considers how Juan Belaieff's experiences in the Caucasus of Russia during the early twentieth century shaped his later work with the Paraguayan military in the Chaco region. His Russian training in both military science...

... Legação de Portugal na Rússia, caixa 12 (1806-1811), fol. 7. The success of Lopes’ commercial establishment, as well as the reality of expanding Russo-Portuguese trade in the early nineteenth century, is strikingly reflected in the palatial residence Lopes built for himself on St. Petersburg’s...

... relations from the earliest contacts through an attempt by Cardinal Alberoni, the Spanish minister from 1714 to 1719, to form an alliance with Peter I of Russia. The proposed alliance, the author subsequently shows, reflects predominant motifs in Spanish and Russian diplomacy throughout the eighteenth...

.... Francisco de Mirinda traveled widely in Europe, including Russia, before the outbreak of the revolution in Venezuela. The author treats of him and of other such adventurers until the time of the Holy Alliance, which changed everything. Thereafter Russia’s pretensions in Latin America were relinquished...

... because its ideology was nothing but an ideology developed to satisfy the ambitions and aspirations of a European bourgeoisie (p. 199). While these are simple assertions, Brading’s “proof” rests upon an intricate analogy to Russia. Brading would have us believe that Mexican liberalism failed...

... suggests that the conduct of Russia’s envoy to Fernando VII created the false impression that his government supported projects of reconquest. In a similar vein, Bolkhovitinov denies Russia’s support for armed intervention, 1822-1824, an interpretation incorporated in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia...

... reflects the care and discipline that have characterized his previous scholarship. Titled Francisco de Miranda in Russia , it contributes new information to the already extensive literature on Miranda’s life, and, in so doing, provides additional insight into the international dimensions of Latin...

... of these two volumes. Entitled The Countries of South America and Russia (1890-1917) , this brief study of limited edition (600 copies) sheds new light on the history of Russo-Latin American relations. In contrast to the preceding work, it is based almost entirely on unpublished Russian archival sources...

... Castro. One is trying to transform his country into a modern democratic state, the other is trying to develop a base for his spiritual fatherland, Russia or China. In 1963, a serious scholar can no longer argue that a Communist totalitarian is a socialist reformer in a hurry. All of the evidence...

... invited an impressive group of 18 scholars and statesmen: Richard Ullman, Albert Fishlow, Jorge Domínguez, and Abraham Lowenthal (United States); Jorge Castañeda and Jesús Silva Herzog (Mexico); Helio Jaguaribe and Celso Lafer (Brazil); Alberto van Klaveren (Chile); Sergio Mikoyan (Russia); and Andrew...

... what was happening in Russia. The authors have made extensive use of newspapers and other records, such as the celebrated collection of the 86-year-old anarchist Edgard Leuenroth. The eleven documents in the Appendix are gems. The last of them, for example, is the report in which Antônio Canellas...

... the cause of Freedom by every exertion in my powers. When it was proposed to me by my friends & especially by M r . Gallatin to go to Russia, 5 it occurred to me, that I might avail myself of my influence at that court to induce the Emperor to espouse the cause of the Spanish Colonies...

..., and political ties between Latin America and Imperial Russia received considerable attention. All of these themes are present in Soviet historical literature on Brazil. The theoretical framework of the Soviet historian, of course, rests on the precepts of historical materialism. 18 Accordingly, he seeks...

... is that everything went pretty well for the country after Independence. She writes: “It is in this sense that the analogy (with Russia) explains the Mexican failure; its liberalism failed to impress European intellectuals.” Apropos land reform: “. . . Mexico does not appear to have failed so hopelessly.” And finally...

... Wounded Knee to Iraq and Somalia.” The examples, one should note, implicate the United States. Apart from three passing references, at no stage is Russia mentioned, perhaps because the author does not consider Russia a European country. The most interesting aspect of this book is that it is really...