Word: brezhnev
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mere thought that the Wall could crumble into irrelevance so quickly runs counter to the "world views" instilled in those growing up in the age of Nixon, Brezhnev and Reagan. Indeed, the cultural landmarks used to define a "post-war world order" were planted before most of us were even born: Prague 1968; Berlin 1961; Hungary 1956. Even in Asia, Mao's Cultural Revolution and America's involvement in Vietnam began and reached their peak in the mid- to late 1960s...
...country and chooses its own form of society. There must be no interference from outside, no matter what the pretext." What it all adds up to is that both in rhetoric and in reality, Gorbachev has done what Western leaders have been demanding for 21 years: repealed the "Brezhnev Doctrine," under which the Soviets claimed the right to provide "military aid to a fraternal country" (translation: invade it) whenever there was "a threat to the common interests of the camp of socialism" (translation: a threat to Soviet dominance...
That does not mean that any of the remaining hard-line governments will necessarily be toppled anytime soon. Nor do they show signs of making more than minor changes in their orthodox programs. And there seems to be a flip side to Gorbachev's repudiation of the Brezhnev Doctrine: it also means that Moscow will not intervene to force reform. Intriguingly, though, some Soviet officials are debating whether it might be wiser to give a shove to the recalcitrant leadership in Czechoslovakia, where popular pressure for change seems ripest...
Shevardnadze denounced the decision by the late President Leonid I. Brezhnev to send Soviet soldiers into Afghanistan in December 1979 to help the Marxist government there fight the anti-communist guerrillas...
...first time highly placed Soviets have disclosed that the decision to intervene in Afghanistan was made by a small circle around Brezhnev. But it had not previously been characterized by a government spokesman as an outright violation...