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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
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