| The Soviet Union under Brezhnev Contributor(s): Tompson, William J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0582327199 ISBN-13: 9780582327191 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev provides an accessible post-Soviet perspective on the history of the USSR from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. It challenges both the evil empire image of the USSR that was widespread in the early 1980s 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:
While stopping well short of a full-scale rehabilitation of Brezhnev, Tompson rejects the prevailing image of the Soviet leader as a colourless non-entity, drawing attention to Brezhnevs real political skills, as well as his faults, and to the systemic roots of many of the problems he faced. William Tompson is Reader in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 947 |
| Series: Seminar Studies in History |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.26" W x 9.24" (0.68 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 While stopping well short of a full-scale rehabilitation of Brezhnev, Tompson rejects the prevailing image of the Soviet leader as a colourless non-entity, drawing attention to Brezhnev's real political skills, as well as his faults, and to the systemic roots of many of the problems he faced. |