Soviet "New Thinking" and the Central American Crisis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4547437
AutoresVoytek Zubek (University of Alabama at Birmingham, autor de correspondencia)
Año1987
Volumen29
Número3
Páginas87-106
Fecha de publicación1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165845
OpenAlexW2783745198
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

A revolution can only be legitimate if it is capable of defending itself(Lenin,Sochinenia).While it is Still too Early to draw decisive conclusions about the ongoing process of reform in the USSR, there are some observations that might safely be made.Glasnosthas generally come to be viewed as a profound attempt to re-evaluate a number of time-honored principles of Marxism-Leninism before the actual undertaking ofperestroika(policy reform) itself. If the scope and potential success ofperestroikaare the subject of heated scholarly debate in the West, a consensus holds that, thus far, a process of rethinking, re-evaluating, and transforming approaches to domestic policies in the USSR lie at its core. In light of the importance of the reform for the evolution of the Soviet domestic system, its influence upon the conduct of Soviet foreign policy represents an intriguing area for examination

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