Economic Vulnerability in International Relations: East-West Trade, Investment, and Finance

By Beverly Crawford

Book Overview

In providing aid to the ailing economies of the former USSR and Eastern Europe, many Western governments fear that they may be leaving themselves vulnerable to fierce economic competition in the future. This study examines claims that vulnerability existed in Western economic relations with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from 1970 to 1990, and shows how the historical evidence undercuts the vulnerability assumptions that fueled the Reagan administration's foreign policy and were never systematically tested.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231082975
• ISBN13: 9780231082976
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher