Resolutions And Decisions Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union: Volume 5 The Brezhnev Years 1964–1981
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At the intersection of Cold War politics and Soviet ideological history stands one of the most comprehensive documentary records ever assembled of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — a five-volume reference series that no serious student of modern Russia can afford to overlook. Volume 5 chronicles the Brezhnev era from 1964 to 1981, a period defined by political consolidation, ideological rigidity, and the paradoxes of a superpower simultaneously projecting global influence while suppressing internal dissent. Editor Donald V. Schwartz presents the key resolutions and decisions issued by the CPSU during this critical epoch, offering primary-source access to the formal mechanisms through which Soviet authority was exercised and legitimised. This volume is an indispensable scholarly resource for historians, political scientists, and anyone seeking to understand the inner workings of the Soviet state during its mature, late-authoritarian phase. Schwartz's editorial apparatus contextualises each document within the broader sweep of Soviet domestic and foreign policy, illuminating the gap between official party doctrine and lived political reality. The Brezhnev years are often characterised as an era of stagnation — yet the documentary record presented here argues for a more nuanced reading, one that reveals a party machinery of surprising complexity and enduring consequence. What do these resolutions ultimately tell us about the structural contradictions that would, within a decade, bring the entire Soviet system to the brink of collapse?
Author: Donald V. Schwartz
Format: Hardback
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
At the intersection of Cold War politics and Soviet ideological history stands one of the most comprehensive documentary records ever assembled of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — a five-volume reference series that no serious student of modern Russia can afford to overlook. Volume 5 chronicles the Brezhnev era from 1964 to 1981, a period defined by political consolidation, ideological rigidity, and the paradoxes of a superpower simultaneously projecting global influence while suppressing internal dissent. Editor Donald V. Schwartz presents the key resolutions and decisions issued by the CPSU during this critical epoch, offering primary-source access to the formal mechanisms through which Soviet authority was exercised and legitimised. This volume is an indispensable scholarly resource for historians, political scientists, and anyone seeking to understand the inner workings of the Soviet state during its mature, late-authoritarian phase. Schwartz's editorial apparatus contextualises each document within the broader sweep of Soviet domestic and foreign policy, illuminating the gap between official party doctrine and lived political reality. The Brezhnev years are often characterised as an era of stagnation — yet the documentary record presented here argues for a more nuanced reading, one that reveals a party machinery of surprising complexity and enduring consequence. What do these resolutions ultimately tell us about the structural contradictions that would, within a decade, bring the entire Soviet system to the brink of collapse?