Otvety Na Voprosy 42 Vseobshchaia Istoriia 11 Klass N.v.zagladin -

In the international arena, Paragraph 42 often contrasts the policy of (the easing of Cold War tensions with the US) with the hardening of the Soviet stance within its own bloc.

This policy asserted the right of the USSR to intervene in any socialist country where the regime was threatened (as seen in the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia).

In the 1970s, the leadership under Leonid Brezhnev moved away from the promise of reaching "Communism" soon. In the international arena, Paragraph 42 often contrasts

They introduced the theory of "Developed Socialism" (Razvitoy sotsializm), which essentially argued that the USSR had reached a mature, stable stage that required no further radical changes.

While the West was entering the computer and information age, the USSR struggled to implement new technologies outside of the military-industrial complex. Загладин Н

Despite the appearance of stability, the Soviet economy began to decline relative to the West.

Загладин Н. В.: Учебник по всеобщей истории. Конец XIX In the international arena

The USSR became increasingly dependent on the export of oil and gas. The "oil windfall" of the 1970s allowed the leadership to avoid structural reforms by buying consumer goods and grain from abroad.