This work traces the development of the USA and Russia, later USSR, from 1898 through to 2000, placing the Cold War, from inception to ending, into the wider social, economic and political context
"An expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century to the present. Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world, respectively, have maintained a delicate relationship for four centuries. Looking at politics, religion, economics, and culture, Snow uncovers the deep roots of the two nations' alignment"--Publisher's description