{"product_id":"the-soviet-union-and-the-construction-of-the-global-market-energy-and-the-ascent-of-finance-in-cold-war-europe-1964-1971-paperback-softback-9781108995184","title":"The Soviet Union and the Construction of the Global Market; Energy and the Ascent of Finance in Cold War Europe, 1964–1971 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108995184","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Soviet Union and the Construction of the Global Market\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEnergy and the Ascent of Finance in Cold War Europe, 1964–1971\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTells the story of how the Soviet Union helped bring about the financialized world of capital we live in today.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOscar Sanchez-Sibony (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108995184, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.381 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'He did it again. Oscar Sanchez-Sibony fundamentally challenges our understanding of the Soviet attitude toward the capitalist world economy … for everybody interested in credit, finance, and energy, this book is an inspiring, bold, and challenging must-read.' Alexandra Oberländer, American Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOscar Sanchez-Sibony reveals the origins of our current era in the dissolution of the institutions that governed the architecture of energy and finance during the Bretton Woods era. He shows how, in the second half of the 1960s, the Soviet Union sought to dismantle the compartmentalized nature of Bretton Woods in order to escape its material ostracism and pave a path to global finance and exchange that the United States had vetoed during the 1950s and 1960s. Through the construction of a set of pipelines that helped Europe's energy regime change from coal to oil and gas, the Soviet Union succeeded in developing market relations and a relationship with Western capital as durable as the pipelines themselves. He shows how a history of the development of capitalism needs to integrate the socialist world in bringing about the new form of capitalism that regiments our lives today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: The Grain Crisis, 1963\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Italy, Cold War Maverick\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Great Britain: Bretton Woods and the Financial Fix\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Austria: Bretton Woods and the Soviet Politics of Liberalization\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. West Germany: Betrayal, Stagnation, and the Triumph of Capitalization\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. France: The Travails of Institutionalization\u003cbr\u003e Coda. Italy, Cold War Straggler\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], The Cold War [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The Cold War\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20Cold%20War%20%5BHBTW%5D%22\"\u003eHBTW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501194965272,"sku":"9781108995184","price":25.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108995184i.jpg?v=1786216248","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-soviet-union-and-the-construction-of-the-global-market-energy-and-the-ascent-of-finance-in-cold-war-europe-1964-1971-paperback-softback-9781108995184","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}