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Line 4: + + − Brezhnev initially continued Khruschev's policy of peaceful co-existence and joined with U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] in [[detente]] while continuing active support for armed [[national liberation movement]]s around the world. In 1980 the Soviet [[Politburo]] presided over by Brezhnev initiated the [[Soviet-Afghan War]] in an effort to create a Soviet Socialist Republic of Afghanistan along [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[secular]] models, subservient to the Soviet Union as another satellite-client state. − [[File:Ted and Brezhnev.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]] [[colluding]] with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev to interfere in the [[1984 Presidential election]].<ref>https://spectator.org/the-kremlins-dupe-ted-kennedys-russia-romance/</ref>]]
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Brezhnev had a stroke in March 1982 and died of a heart attack in November.<ref>http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1883.html</ref>]]
Brezhnev had a stroke in March 1982 and died of a heart attack in November.<ref>http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1883.html</ref>]]
'''Leonid Brezhnev''' (1906 - 1982) was part of an internal coup that stripped the [[Soviet Union]]'s leader, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], of power in 1964 because of Khruschev's reform efforts. Brezhnev became the new head of the Soviet Union and remained so until his death in 1982.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
'''Leonid Brezhnev''' (1906 - 1982) was part of an internal coup that stripped the [[Soviet Union]]'s leader, [[Nikita Khrushchev]], of power in 1964 because of Khruschev's reform efforts. Brezhnev became the new head of the Soviet Union and remained so until his death in 1982.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
[[File:Ted and Brezhnev.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]] [[colluding]] with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev to interfere in the [[1984 Presidential election]].<ref>https://spectator.org/the-kremlins-dupe-ted-kennedys-russia-romance/</ref>]]
Brezhnev initially continued Khruschev's policy of peaceful co-existence and joined with U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] in [[detente]] while continuing active support for armed [[national liberation movement]]s around the world. In 1980 the Soviet [[Politburo]] presided over by Brezhnev initiated the [[Soviet-Afghan War]] in an effort to create a Soviet Socialist Republic of Afghanistan along [[Atheism|atheist]] and [[secular]] models, subservient to the Soviet Union as another satellite-client state.
Brezhnev was the original author and planner of the [[nuclear freeze]] movement which became quite popular and fashionable in the West among [[liberal]]s such as [[Ted Kennedy]] and [[Barack Obama]] because of its anti-[[NATO]], anti-U.S. military spending and pro-socialist welfare stance.
Brezhnev was the original author and planner of the [[nuclear freeze]] movement which became quite popular and fashionable in the West among [[liberal]]s such as [[Ted Kennedy]] and [[Barack Obama]] because of its anti-[[NATO]], anti-U.S. military spending and pro-socialist welfare stance.