The Soviet Union
1964-1985
Outward appearance: Soviet Union looked like a superpower
Leonid Brezhnev: Soviet dictator from 1964-1985
- generally followed Stalin's ideas
Czechoslovakia: tried to stop being communist in 1968- Soviet Union invaded
Brezhnev Doctrine: if a country tried to get out of communism, the Soviet Union would put it back
Detente- period from 1972-1985
- Soviets and US negotiated nuclear missile limitations (SALT treaties)
Soviet Union seemed powerful as ever...