{"product_id":"the-soviet-union-under-brezhnev-9780582327191","title":"The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William J. Tompson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Russia - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Soviet Union Under Brezhnev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexamines high politics, foreign policy and policy making \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexplores broader social, cultural and demographic trends \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epresents a picture of Soviet society in the crucial decades prior to the upheavals and crises of the late 1980 s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Tompson is Reader in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45298579079319,"sku":"9780582327191","price":3638.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780582327191.webp?v=1769284416","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-soviet-union-under-brezhnev-9780582327191","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}