"political conditions." . . "history." . . "Geschichte 1979-1991" . . "Geschichte 1979-1991." . "Soviet Union" . . "Soviet Union." . "Neues Denken (Sowjetunion)" . . "Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan (1979-1989)" . . . "URSS - Relations extérieures - Afghanistan." . . "Politisches System Sowjetunion." . . "Sowjetunion." . . "Europe." . . "foreign relations." . . . . "Außenpolitik." . . "Afghānistān - Histoire - 1979-1989 (Intervention soviétique)" . . "URSS - Politique et gouvernement - 1985-1991." . . "Politics and government" . . "Truppenabzug Sowjetunion." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International" . . "1979 - 1991" . . "Afghanistan-Konflikt (1979-1989)" . . "URSS - Relations extérieures - 1985-1991." . . "Afghanistan-Konflikt (1979-1992)" . . "URSS" . . "Geschichte 1985-1991" . . "Geschichte 1985-1991." . "POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General" . . "Soviet foreign policy changed dramatically in the 1980s. The shift, bitterly resisted by the country's foreign policy traditionalists, ultimately contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. In Changing Course, Sarah Mendelson demonstrates that interpretations that stress the impact of the international system, and particularly of U.S. foreign policy, or that focus on the role of ideas or politics alone, fail to explain the contingent process of change. Mendelson tells a story of internal battles where \"\"misfit\"\" ideas--ones that severely challenged th."@en . . . . . . "Changing course : ideas, politics, and the soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan"@en . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Changing Course Ideas, Politics, and the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan"@en . . . . . "Changing courses : ideas, politics and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan" . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . "Changing course : ideas, politics, and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan" . "Changing course : ideas, politics, and the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan"@en . . . . . . "In Changing Course, Sarah Mendelson demonstrates that interpretations which stress the impact of the international system, and particularly of U.S. foreign policy, or which focus on the role of ideas or politics alone, fail to explain the contingent process of change. Mendelson tells a story of internal battles where \"misfit\" ideas - ones that severely challenged the status quo - were turned into policies. She draws on firsthand interviews with those who ran Soviet foreign policy and the war in Afghanistan, and on recently declassified material from Soviet archives, to show that both ideas and political strategies were needed to make reform happen." . . . . . . "Afghanistan" . . "Afghanistan." . "Afghānistān" . "Diplomatic relations." . . "South Asia." . .