TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tompson,William J.
TI  - The Soviet Union under Brezhnev
SN  - 9780582327191
AV  - 338 DK 274 T662s 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London
PB  - Pearson longman
KW  - Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich,
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - 1953-1985
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Unión Soviética
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - Historia
N2  - The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev provides an accessible post-Soviet perspective on the history of the USSR from the mid-1960's to the mid-1980's. It challenges both the 'evil empire' image of the USSR that was widespread in the early 1980's and the 'stagnation' label attached to the period by Soviet reformers under Gorbachev. The book makes use of a range of memoirs, interviews, archival documents and other sources not available before 1990 to place Brezhnev and his epoch in a broader historical context. The author: examines high politics, foreign policy and policy making explores broader
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