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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455503303321

Autore

Ouimet Matthew J

Titolo

The rise and fall of the Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet foreign policy [[electronic resource] /] / Matthew J. Ouimet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8078-6135-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

New Cold War history

Disciplina

327.47

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Soviet Union Foreign relations Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985

Soviet Union Military policy

Soviet Union Foreign relations 1945-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-297) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This text offers a comprehensive study detailing the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe between 1968 and 1989, focusing especially on the pivotal Solidarity uprisings in Poland. It contains firsthand testimonies and some fresh archival findings.