Analyses the internal tensions of the Soviet-led Cold War alliance as its careened toward its end.
Starting with the peak of the alliance\'s power under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the book follows its ossification to its increasing haplessness under Brezhnev\'s successors Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko..
Analyses the internal tensions of the Soviet-led Cold War alliance as its careened toward its end