Download or read book Gorbachev And The Decline Of Ideology In Soviet Foreign Policy written by Sylvia Babus Woodby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a combination of actions and words, Mikhail Gorbachev has sought to convince the West that the USSR is not dangerous, either militarily or politically. At home, he has sought to convince his countrymen that it is time to abandon the idea that the USSR is at war with the non-socialist world, and that it must keep the West at arms -length. I