04590oam 2200625I 450 991078678520332120230803203939.01-317-88171-01-138-13597-61-315-84005-71-317-88172-910.4324/9781315840055(CKB)3710000000212474(EBL)1756997(OCoLC)885123654(SSID)ssj0001377544(PQKBManifestationID)11753631(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001377544(PQKBWorkID)11318855(PQKB)10871648(MiAaPQ)EBC1756997(Au-PeEL)EBL1756997(CaPaEBR)ebr10904134(CaONFJC)MIL639324(OCoLC)897463192(EXLCZ)99371000000021247420180706e20142003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Soviet Union under Brezhnev /William TompsonLondon ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (372 p.)Seminar Studies In HistoryFirst published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited.1-322-08073-9 0-582-32719-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Part One: Introduction; 1. The Soviet Union at the end of the Khrushchev Era; The Fall of Nikita Khrushchev; The New Leaders; Soviet Society a Decade After Stalin's Death; The Soviet Union and the World in 1964; Part Two: Analysis; 2. Leadership Politics; High Politics and Brezhnev's Consolidation of Power; Brezhnev as Politician: Mannequin or Machiavellian?; 'Two Brezhnevs'?; The Soviet Elite in the Brezhnev Era; 3. Policy-Making in the Brezhnev EraBrezhnev as Policy-maker: From Consensus to Stagnation?The Role of the Politburo and Secretariat; Taking Advice: Information, Institutions and Expertise; Policy-making in Practice: The Case of Arms Control; 4. Foreign Policy from Cuba to Helsinki; The Defence Build-up of the 1960s; Managing the Bloc; War in Vietnam and US-Soviet Relations; The Road to Superpower Détente; China; The Soviet Union and the Developing World; The Era of High Détente; 5. From Helsinki to the Second Cold War; Arms Control and Trade; Détente Under Strain; China; Afghanistan; PolandConflicting Expectations and the Failure of DétenteAfter Détente; 6. Economic Policy under Brezhnev and Kosygin; Soviet Industry Under the Kosygin Reforms and After; The Limits of Reform; Soviet Agriculture in the Brezhnev Era; Blind Spots in Economic Policy and the 'Obsession with Growth'; 7. Economic Performance; Growth Performance Under Brezhnev and Kosygin; The Failure of the Centrally Planned Economy; Détente, Foreign Trade and the 'Scientific and Technical Revolution'; Living Standards and Household Welfare; 8. Socio-Economic and Demographic Change; Urbanisation and EducationThe 'Social Contract' Under StrainEmerging Demographic Problems; Nationalities Policy Under Brezhnev; 9. Culture and Ideas; Culture High and Low; The Crackdown on Dissent; The Changing Nature of Dissidence; Growing Room for 'Permitted Heterodoxy'; Part Three: Assessment; 10. Brezhnev's Legacy to Gorbachev; Brezhnev's Twilight; The Andropov Interregnum; The Chernenko Interlude; State and Society at the End of the Brezhnev Era; Part Four: Documents; Glossary; Who's Who; Guide to Further Reading; Bibliography; IndexThe 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 broaderSeminar studies in history.Soviet UnionPolitics and government1953-1985947/.0853Tompson William J.1568315FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910786785203321The Soviet Union under Brezhnev3840436UNINA00622nam 2200169z- 450 9910714667103321(CKB)4970000000029146(EXLCZ)99497000000002914620240129c2018uuuu -u- -engFederal real property: GSA outleasing and restrictions on participation of elected officialsU.S. Government Accountability OfficeWashington, DCFederal Real PropertyDOCUMENT9910714667103321Federal real property: GSA outleasing and restrictions on participation of elected officials3251542UNINA