Soviet PowerSimon and Schuster, 1984 M10 24 - 289 pages From Simon & Schuster, Soviet Power is Jonathan Steele's exploration on the Kremlin's foreign policy from Brezhnev to Chernenko. This analysis points to a pattern of thwarted strategy and failed objectives, which has weakened the influence of the Soviet Union even while its military power has grown, but warns that the United States frequently misunderstands Soviet intentions and capabilities. |
Contents
The Brezhnev Legacy | 3 |
The Soviet View of National Security | 15 |
The Growth of Soviet Power | 26 |
The Rise and Fall of Détente | 47 |
Is There a Soviet Threat? | 70 |
Unusual Empire | 87 |
Afghanistan | 116 |
Asian Anxieties | 131 |
Approaches to the Third World | 163 |
The Middle East | 179 |
Latin America | 207 |
Africa | 226 |
PART THREECONCLUSION | 245 |
Prospects for the Future | 247 |
NOTES | 263 |
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