Table of Contents

Westview Replica Editions -- About the Book and Author -- Introduction -- The Andropov Accession -- Soviet Politics in the 1980s: Strains, Dissatisfactions, and Diversity -- Social Dynamics in the USSR -- Alcohol Abuse and Quality of Life in the USSR -- The Soviet Domestic Economy in the 1980s -- Prospects for Economic Reform in the Soviet Union -- Soviet Arms Buildup or US Arms Decline? Real Weapons Procurement Growth in the Soviet Union and the United States, 1950-1980 -- Impact and Implications of Soviet Defense Spending -- The Impact of the West on the Soviet Union -- Can the West Affect Soviet Thinking? -- Soviet Economic Relations with the West: US Options -- Advanced Technology: How Will the USSR Adjust? -- Soviet Foreign Policy: Interests, Motives, and Objectives -- The United States and the Soviet Strategic Challenge: Arguments on the Structure of Our Problem -- US Policy Opportunities -- US National Interests and the Soviet Union

About the Author

Helmut Sonnenfeldt