Brezhnev and the decline of the Soviet Union / Thomas Crump.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crump, Thomas, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 17.

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich, 1906-1982.

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.

Soviet Union.

Politics and government.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1953-1975.

International relations.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1975-1985.

Local Subjects:

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1953-1975.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1975-1985.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.

Physical Description:

xvi, 233 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Contents:

Introduction

The Ukrainian crucible

Brezhnev and World War II

The death of Stalin and rise of Khrushchev

Brezhnev's domestic politics

Brezhnev's life at the top

Confronting the military industrial complex

Dissidence and human rights

International politics: peacemaker under pressure

The Soviet bloc, the Brezhnev doctrine and Ostpolitik

US presidents and the nuclear arms race

The mixed blessings brought by Brezhnev's new German friendship: the Helsinki Conference and its aftermath

Brezhnev's blind spot: Africa and Middle East

South and Central Asia: challenges that Brezhnev could not ignore

Brezhnev's confrontation with China

Brezhnev and the fall of the Soviet state

Downhill all the way.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [216]-221) and index.

ISBN:

0415690730

9780415690737

OCLC:

842337511

Publisher Number:

99958767426