1st Edition
Brezhnev's Peace Program A Study Of Soviet Domestic Political Process And Power
By Peter M. E. Volten
Copyright 1982
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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This analysis of the Soviet Union's foreign policymaking process focuses on Brezhnev's Peace Program, a foreign policy plan undertaken in the 1970s to normalize political-economic relations with the West and to moderate military competition. It clarifies the distribution of power among leaders.
Introduction Part One: Process, Power and Foreign Policy 1. Analyzing Soviet Foreign Policy and the Concept of Security 2. Origins and Development of a New Foreign Policy: The "Peace Program" 3. Brezhnev: "The Embodiment of Collective Reason and Will?" 4. Brezhnev's Conduct of Foreign Policy: Asset or Liability? Part Two: Domestic Politics and Security Policy 5. Civil-Military Relations: The "Societal Imperative" 6. Civil-Military Relations: The "Functional Imperative" 7. Soviet Views on Security and Arms Control 8. Conclusions
Biography
Dr. Volten is a staff member of the Directorate of General Policy Affairs, Ministry of Defense, The Hague, Netherlands. Previously, he was visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Kennan Institute for Advanced Soviet Studies in Washington, D.C.
