Preface

Summary

This book was originally conceived as an attempt to bridge the gap in the political science literature, which tends to deal with nationalism and foreign policy as separate phenomena. My endeavor to address such an enigmatic theme would not have been possible without the support of friends and colleagues who graciously read parts or all of this manuscript.

I would like to express my profound gratitude to my colleagues, Professors Karen Dawisha, Nikolai Rudenksy, Bruce Parrott, Orest Subtelny, Vladimir Tismaneanu, Arthur Rachwald, Mark Katz, Daniel Chirot, Andrew Michta, Zoya Vatnikova-Prizel, Maya Latynski, and Taddeus Zachurski, and others who have chosen to remain anonymous. While the responsibility for all errors and omissions are mine alone, I am certain that their kind advice and counsel has helped me to avoid many pitfalls and mistakes. I would like to thank Florence Rotz and Paula Smith, who patiently devoted long hours to helping me to revise the various versions of this book.

In addition, I would like to thank my research assistants who diligently performed what at times must have been long and tedious tasks. I would like to acknowledge the contributions of: Marek Michalewski, Alexandra Doroshenko, Helen Fessenden, Steven Guenther, Ray Branden and Alexis Martin-Ruehle.

This project would have been far more difficult to accomplish without the support of my home institution, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University. My colleagues have generously allowed me a year's leave to concentrate on this effort. I would also like to thank the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution for providing a research award which enabled me to successfully complete it.