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Anglo-Russian Diplomatic Relations, 1907-1914 (open access)

Anglo-Russian Diplomatic Relations, 1907-1914

No one has investigated in detail the totality of Anglo-Russian relations from the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 to the outbreak of World War I. Those who have written on the history of the Triple Entente have tended to claim that France was the dominant partner and that her efforts pulled Great Britain and Russia together and kept them together. Britain and Russia had little in common, the standard argument asserts; their ideological and political views were almost diametrically opposed, and furthermore,they had major imperial conflicts. This dissertation tests two hypotheses. The first is that Russia and Britain were drawn together less from French efforts than from a mutual reaction to German policy. The second is that there was less political and ideological friction between Britain and Russia than previous writers have assumed. The first hypothesis has been supported in previous writings only tangentially, while the second has not been tested for the period under review. Studies of the period have been detailed studies on specific events and crises, while this investigation reviews the course of the Anglo-Russian partnership for the entire seven year period. The dissertation concludes that it was primarily the need for allies in the face of German …
Date: May 1975
Creator: Tompkins, Rosemary Colborn
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States and Soviet Progress in Space: Summary Data through 1974 and a Forward Look (open access)

United States and Soviet Progress in Space: Summary Data through 1974 and a Forward Look

This report is on the United States and Soviet Progress in Space: Summary Data through 1974 and A Forward Look
Date: January 13, 1975
Creator: Sheldon, Charles S., II
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of Underground Communication in Russia Since the Seventeenth Century (open access)

The History of Underground Communication in Russia Since the Seventeenth Century

The purposes of this study were (1) to identify the reasons for and the processes of underground communication in Russia since the seventeenth century and (2) to utilize the information to interpret the clandestine media's significance. The study concluded: (1) underground media have evolved because Russian governments have oppressed free speech; (2) dissidents have shared similarities in the methods of illicit communications; (3) whereas the earlier clandestine press tended to be either literary or political, today's samizdat is a synthesis of many varieties of dissent; (4) underground media have reflected the unique characteristics of Russian journalism; and (5) the Chronicle of Current Events is unparalleled as a news journal in the history of Russian dissent.
Date: August 1975
Creator: Rainbolt, William R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library