Brezhnev Reconsidered

Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for almost two decades when it was at the height of its powers. This book is a long overdue reappraisal of Brezhnev the man and the system over which he ruled. By incorporating much of the new material available in Russian, it challenges the received wisdom about the Brezhnev years, and provides a fascinating insight into the life and times of one of the 20th century's most neglected political leaders.

Edwin Bacon is at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham.

M.A. Sandle is in the Department of Politics, De Montfort University, Leicester.

Acknowledgements

vi

Notes on the Contributors

vii

Reconsidering Brezhnev

1

(21)

Edwin Bacon

Brezhnev as Leader

22

(16)

Ian D. Thatcher

Economic Growth and Slowdown

38

(30)

Mark Harrison

The National Question in the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev: Policy and Response

68

(22)

Ben Fowkes

Brezhnev and Superpower Relations

90

(20)

Mike Bowker

`Out of Area' Operations: The Third World

110

(25)

Mark Webber

A Triumph of Ideological Hairdressing? Intellectual Life in the Brezhnev Era Reconsidered

135

(30)

Mark Sandle

Brezhnev and Developed Socialism: The Ideology of Zastoi?

165

(23)

Mark Sandle

The Roots of Perestroika

188

(15)

John Gooding

Brezhnev Reconsidered

203

(15)

Edwin Bacon

Mark Sandle

Bibliography

218

(10)

Index

228

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Brezhnev Reconsidered

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