The Enemy.

SOVIET Union politics & government, 1953-1985; SOVIET Union economy, 1975-1985; COMMUNISM; RELIGION; BREZHNEV, Leonid, 1906-1982; DISSENTERS; HUMAN rights

Focuses on the political and economic conditions in the Soviet Union. Love of the Russians for the state religion of Communism; Controversy over the ability of the Soviet Union to pay for post-war trade; Length of time that leader Leonid Brezhnev and his oligarchy have stayed in power; Fear of the Soviet Union against the allies; Economic base of the country; Dislike for dissidents and human rights in the Kremlin.