Brezhnev Reconsidered

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Reconsidering Brezhnev

   • Edwin Bacon

   Pages 1-21

3. Brezhnev as Leader

   • Ian D. Thatcher

   Pages 22-37

4. Economic Growth and Slowdown

   • Mark Harrison

   Pages 38-67

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

   • Ben Fowkes

   Pages 68-89

6. Brezhnev and Superpower Relations

   • Mike Bowker

   Pages 90-109

7. ‘Out of Area’ Operations: The Third World

   • Mark Webber

   Pages 110-134

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

   • Mark Sandle

   Pages 135-164

9. Brezhnev and Developed Socialism: The Ideology of Zastoi?

   • Mark Sandle

   Pages 165-187

10. The Roots of Perestroika

    • John Gooding

    Pages 188-202

11. Brezhnev Reconsidered

    • Edwin Bacon, Mark Sandle

    Pages 203-217

12. Back Matter

    Pages 218-233

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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 twentieth century's most neglected political leaders.

• 20. Jahrhundert
• 20th century
• growth
• Russia
• socialism
• Soviet Union
• Third World
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

'...this is a valuable collection of articles and is highly recommended for teachers and students alike' - Paul Wingrove, University of Greenwich

• Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

  Edwin Bacon

• De Montfort University, UK

  Mark Sandle

MIKE BOWKER Lecturer, University of East Anglia, Norwich BEN FOWKES Previously, Senior Lecturer in History, University of North London JOHN GOODING Reader in History, University of Edinburgh MARK HARRISON Professor of Economics, University of Warwick IAN D. THATCHER Senior Lecturer in Modern Russian History, University of Leicester MARK WEBBER Senior Lecturer in Politics, Department of European Studies, Loughborough University