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'''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>

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 [[atheist]] and [[secular]] models, subservient to the Soviet Union as another satellite-client state.

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.