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“By the 1980s, the Communist system of the Soviet Union was incapable of maintaining the country’s role as a Superpower.” Explain this statement.

  • UPSC 2007
  • Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World

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By the 1980s the Soviet command economy had reached the point where it could no longer generate the surplus needed to sustain both a global military rivalry and a functioning civilian economy.

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  • The Structural Limits of the Command Economy
  • The Defence Burden and Military-Industrial Overstretch
  • Reagan's Renewed Arms Race and the Squeeze on Soviet Resources
  • The 1980s Oil Price Collapse and Fiscal Crisis
  • Perestroika's Failure to Reverse the Decline
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