Jiang says the Soviet elite lost belief in communism and self-sacrifice in the late 1980s, which he presents as part of the background for the Cold War's end.
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Elite Belief
Jiang says the Soviet elite lost belief in communism and self-sacrifice in the late 1980s, which he presents as part of the background for the Cold War's end.
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"Okay? Does that make sense? That is Putin's argument. So why does Putin believe this? Well. In the late 80s, the Soviet Union had..."
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