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The '''Brezhnev Doctrine''' was the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] foreign policy position that the USSR had a duty to defend [[socialism]] in the [[Warsaw Pact]]. It prioritized [[class struggle]] over national sovereignty.<ref name=":02222">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Turning Point, 1987-88|page=158|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref> | The '''Brezhnev Doctrine''' was the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet]] foreign policy position that the USSR had a duty to defend [[socialism]] in the [[Warsaw Pact]]. It prioritized [[class struggle]] over national sovereignty.<ref name=":02222">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Turning Point, 1987-88|page=158|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref> It was the inverse of the [[United States of America|USA]]'s [[Truman Doctrine]], which defended [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois states]] from being [[Proletarian revolution|overthrown]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 30 April 2023
The Brezhnev Doctrine was the Soviet foreign policy position that the USSR had a duty to defend socialism in the Warsaw Pact. It prioritized class struggle over national sovereignty.[1] It was the inverse of the USA's Truman Doctrine, which defended bourgeois states from being overthrown.
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- ↑ Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny (2010). Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union: 'Turning Point, 1987-88' (p. 158). [PDF] iUniverse.com. ISBN 9781450241717