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Livre 17 sur 44: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

Crump, Thomas

 
9781138687349: Brezhnev and the Decline of the Soviet Union
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ISBN 10 : 1138687340 ISBN 13 : 9781138687349
Editeur : Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union from 1964-1982, a longer period than any other Soviet leader apart from Stalin. During Brezhnev's time Soviet power seemed at its height and increasing. Living standards were rising, the Soviet Union was a nuclear power and successful in its space missions, and the Soviet Union's influence reached into all part of the world. Yet, as this book, which provides a comprehensive overview and reassessment of Brezhnev's life, early political career and career as leader, shows, the seeds of decline were sown in Brezhnev's time. There was a huge over-commitment of resources to the Soviet industrial-military complex and to massively expensive foreign policy overstretch. At the same time there was a failure to deliver on citizens' rising expectations, and an overconfident ignoring of dissidents and their demands. The book will be of great interest to Russian specialists, and also to scholars of international relations and world history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Crump was a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam and is the author of twelve books.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138687340
ISBN 13 
9781138687349
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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