{"product_id":"the-soviet-union-under-brezhnev-seminar-studies","title":"The Soviet Union under Brezhnev (Seminar Studies)","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.\nThe 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:\nexamines high politics, foreign policy and policy making\nexplores broader social, cultural and demographic trends\npresents a picture of Soviet society in the crucial decades prior to the upheavals and crises of the late 1980’s\nWhile 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0582327199\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GBV.0582327199.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Tompson, William J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has corner edge dings and or scratches.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Good Books Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52163869737265,"sku":"GBV.0582327199.G","price":1.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/3730\/2065\/files\/0582327199-0.jpg?v=1764986187","url":"https:\/\/goodbookscompany.org\/products\/the-soviet-union-under-brezhnev-seminar-studies","provider":"Good Books Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}