Download or read book Moscow And The Third World Under Gorbachev written by W. Raymond Duncan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the scope of Moscow's "new thinking" in its Third World context—highlighted by the USSR's surprising withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1988. It reviews the foreign policy record Gorbachev inherited and assesses his economic and strategic priorities in the diplomatic arena.