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The rise and fall of the Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet foreign policy / Matthew J. Ouimet.
Van Pelt Library DJK45.S65 O89 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ouimet, Matthew J.
- Series:
- New Cold War history
- The new Cold War history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.
- Soviet Union.
- International relations.
- Eastern Europe.
- Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.
- Politics and government.
- Soviet Union--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1945-1991.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 309 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Ouimet argues that the now-famous reforms of Soviet bloc policy of the mid-1980s were not the instigation, but rather the climax of a fundamental transformation in Soviet policy toward Eastern Europe that had its origins in the Brezhnev era.
- Contents:
- Evolutionary counterrevolution
- "Normalization" and orthodoxy
- Socialist internationalism and national interest
- Socialist Poland, asset or liability?
- Military assistance to Poland in 1980?
- The collapse of socialist internationalism
- Staring into the abyss.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807827401
- 0807854115
- OCLC:
- 49952136
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