From Brezhnev to Gorbachev

Baruch A. Hazan teaches at the Institute of European Studies, Vienna, Austria. He is the author of The East European Political System (Westview, 1985), Olympic Sports and Propaganda Games (1982), and Soviet Impregnational Propaganda (1982).

• Preface -- Introduction -- Succession in the USSR: Brezhnev’s Twilight and Death -- Andropov Succeeds: Rudimentary Consolidation -- Andropov’s Eclipse: Ruling by Remote Control -- The Second Chance: Chernenko Succeeds, the Twofold Decision -- Too Late, Too Short: Chernenko Rules -- The Smooth Succession: Gorbachev at the Helm -- Clearing Away the Debris; The Second Front -- Closing the Circle— The Congress -- Conclusions -- Indicators for Ranking of Soviet Leaders