After Brezhnev : sources of Soviet conduct in the 1980s - Byrnes, Robert Francis, 1917-1997.; Georgetown University. Center for Strategic and International Studies (Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1983)
"Published in association with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University."
Includes index.
35 American specialists attempt to identify and explain the factors that are most likely to influence Soviet foreign policy in the 1980s. Seweryn Bialer reviews the political legacy of the Brezhnev regime and analyzes problems inherent in the transfer of power. Robert W. Campbell studies the reasons for the slowing down of the Soviet economy and the problems in reviving it. Soviet military capabilities and the role of the armed forces are discussed by Coit D. Blacker. The silence in Soviet cultural life is examined by Maurice Friedberg. Andrzej Korbonski assesses Soviet assets and liabilities in maintaining control of Eastern Europe, particularly Poland. Finally, Adam Ulam analyzes the effect of the outside world on Soviet policies.
Bibliography: p. 441-451.
Keywords: Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1975-; Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1981-1985.; Soviet Union -- Military policy; Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 1970-1991.