Public politics in an authoritarian state : making foreign policy during the Brezhnev years

Richard D. Anderson's work on elite political competition within the Soviet Union combines ingenious textual analysis of symbolic politics with a theoretical inquiry into the competitive dynamics of the Brezhnev Politburo's foreign policy making 1. Going Public In Soviet Politics -- 2. Constituencies In Soviet Politics -- 3. Political Competition And Foreign Policy -- 4. Contrasting Visions Of Socialism, 1964-1967 -- 5. Brezhnev And Eastern Europe, October 1964-april 1966 -- 6. Suslov And International Communism, October 1964-april 1966 -- 7. Kosygin And The Capitalist World, October 1964-april 1966 -- 8. Podgorny And The Third World, October 1964-april 1966 -- 9. Shelepin And Sectarianism, May 1966-november 1967 -- 10. Brezhnev Turns To Detente, 1970-1972 -- 11. Bargaining For Detente, May 1971 And May 1972 -- 12. Going Public, Foreign Policy, And Political Change. Richard D. Anderson, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.