Notes
Leonid Brezhnev
- Led Soviet Union from 1964-1982
- Many think this is a period of deterioration for USSR due to party “apparatchiks” left over from the Stalin regime wanted to return to the old status quo
- Made famous the Brezhnev doctrine:
- “It was the right and duty of fraternal socialist countries to intervene in each others affairs when socialism was threatened”
- He makes this while intervening in Czechoslovakia in 1968
Summary
Came into power 2 hours after Cuban Missile Crisis; as a result, there was a lot of tension with the Cold War. He wanted to back to Stalin's ways, so he introduced the Brezhnev Doctrine.
Quote
"Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today." - Leonid Brezhnev
Subjunctive Question
Could of another political leader came to power and create greater peace rather than increase tension between countries?