books.google.com - Since the sudden collapse of the communist system in Eastern Europe in 1989, scholars have tried to explain why the Soviet Union stood by and watched as its empire crumbled. The recent release of extensive archival documentation in Moscow and the appearance of an increasing number of Soviet political...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Brezhnev_Doctri.html?id=aFSwrUcuDWsC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Rise and Fall of the Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet Foreign Policy