Brezhnev and the decline of the Soviet Union

Publication Data

• Title Brezhnev and the decline of the Soviet Union
• Author Thomas Crump
• Publisher Routledge
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location London
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich, 1906-1982
• Soviet Union :: Politics and government :: 1953-1985
• Soviet Union :: Foreign relations :: 1953-1975
• Soviet Union :: Foreign relations :: 1975-1985
• Soviet Union

Brezhnev and the decline of the Soviet Union by Thomas Crump. ISBN 9780415690737. Published by Routledge in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.