Thomas Crump

Brezhnev and the Decline of the Soviet Union (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982. During Brezhnev's time Soviet power seemed at its height and increasing: space missions, rising living standards at home, a strong foreign policy reach into all parts of the world including Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, the equal of the United States as a nuclear power. Yet, as this book, which provides a comprehensive overview and reassessment of Brezhnev's life, early political career and career as leader, shows, the seeds of Soviet decline were sown in Brezhnev's time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134669226
• Artikelnr.: 39993052

Autorenporträt

Thomas Crump was a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and is the author of twelve books.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by former Foreign Secretary Rt. Hon. Lord David Owen Preface Part
1: Introduction 1. The Ukrainian Crucible 2. Brezhnev and World War II 3.
The Death of Stalin and Rise of Khrushchev Part 2: Brezhnev's Domestic
Politics 4. Brezhnev's Life at the Top 5. Confronting the Military
Industrial Complex 6. Dissidence and Human Rights Part 3: International
Politics: Peacemaker under pressure 7. The Soviet Bloc, the Brezhnev
Doctrine and Ostpolitik 8. US Presidents and the Nuclear Arms Race 9. The
Mixed Blessings Brought by Brezhnev's New German Friendship: The Helsinki
conference and its aftermath 10. Brezhnev's Blind Spot: Africa and Middle
East 11. South and Central Asia: Challenges that Brezhnev could not ignore
12. Brezhnev's Confrontation with China Part 4: Brezhnev and the Fall of
the Soviet State 13. Downhill all the Way