This is the third in a series of volumes detailing the history of Soviet foreign policy from the Great Depression to the Great Patriotic War. It covers Soviet policy in the Far East from the Japanese rejection of a non-aggression pact in January 1933 to the conclusion of a neutrality pact in April 1941. During the course of that period the Soviet Union moved from being the vulnerable and isolated suitor to a position of negotiation from strength.

Inhalt
Preface - Negotiation from Weakness to Negotiation from Strength, 1933-34 - Deterrence and Attempted Detente, 1934-36 - The Chinese Communist Party and the Comintern - The Sino-Japanese War and Soviet Aid to China, 1937 - Frontier Fighting: Lake Khasan and Khalkhin Gol, 1938-39 - The Tables are Turned: Japan Appeases Russia, 1939-41 - Conclusion - Index