Author: Zbigniew K. Brzezinski
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ISBN: 9780674825451
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Zbigniew Brzeziński
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 599

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Author: Zbigniew Brzezinski
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674825482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 628

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This is the first full-length study of relations among the communist states. The study explores the implications of the status of Yugoslavia and China, the significance of the Hungarian revolution and the position of Poland in the Soviet bloc, and clarifies the Khrushchev-Gomulka clash of 1956 and the complex role of Tito. Zbigniew Brzezinski emphasizes the role of ideology and power in the relations among the communist states, contrasting bloc relations and the unifying role of Soviet power under Stalin with the present situation. He suggests that conflicts of interest among the ruling elites will result either in ideological disputes or in weakening the central core of the ideology, leading to a gradual decline of unity among the Communist states. The author, while on leave from his post as Professor and Director of the Research Institute on Communist Affairs, Columbia University, and serving on the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Council, has revised and updated his important study and added three new chapters on more recent developments. He gives particular attention to the Sino-Soviet dispute.

Author: Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Category : Communist countries
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Category : Communist countries
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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Author: Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski
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ISBN: 9780074825488
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Zbigniew Brzezinski
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 543

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Author: Matthew J. Ouimet
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807861359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Since the sudden collapse of the communist system in Eastern Europe in 1989, scholars have tried to explain why the Soviet Union stood by and watched as its empire crumbled. The recent release of extensive archival documentation in Moscow and the appearance of an increasing number of Soviet political memoirs now offer a greater perspective on this historic process and permit a much deeper look into its causes. The Rise and Fall of the Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet Foreign Policy is a comprehensive study detailing the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe between 1968 and 1989, focusing especially on the pivotal Solidarity uprisings in Poland. Based heavily on firsthand testimony and fresh archival findings, it constitutes a fundamental reassessment of Soviet foreign policy during this period. Perhaps most important, it offers a surprising account of how Soviet foreign policy initiatives in the late Brezhnev era defined the parameters of Mikhail Gorbachev's later position of laissez-faire toward Eastern Europe--a position that ultimately led to the downfall of socialist governments all over Europe.

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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1556

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Author: Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253212566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Eastern Europe addresses the emergence of uncertain pluralism in the region following the disintegration of the communist regimes in 1989. Taking a broad historical approach, the volume considers issues and challenges that have marked Eastern Europe from 1939 through World War II and the era of socialism, up to the present. Eight comprehensive country studies are augmented by detailed assessments of economic developments, security issues, religious currents, cultural policies, and gender relations in the region.