Gorbachev And The Decline Of Ideology In Soviet Foreign Policy - 9780367013141

Taylor & Francis

This book looks at the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev has he sought to convince the West that the USSR is not dangerous, either militarily or politically. > Through a combination of actions and words, Mikhail Gorbachev has sought to convince the West that the USSR is not dangerous, either militarily or politically. At home, he has sought to convince his countrymen that it is time to abandon the idea that the USSR is at war with the non-socialist world, and that it must keep the West at arms -length. I > Evolution of Gorbachev\u2019s New Vision -- Introduction -- Ideology and Perestroika -- Ideology and Foreign Policy -- Banishing the Class Struggle -- Foreign Policy Self-Criticism -- Ideological Revision and Gorbachev\u2019s Foreign Policy Goals -- Prospects for Gorbachev\u2019s Secular Outlook -- Selections from Relevant Speeches and Documents -- Political Report of the CPSU Central Committee to the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -- 70th Revolutionarys