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To: tejek who wrote (314408)12/7/2006 5:28:46 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576393
 
"And it doesn't help that your major industries are falling apart due to deferred maintenance and corruption is rife among industry captains and the party leaders"

Precisely. The Soviets had placed everything on their military. I think they were planning on squeezing Europe, either through blackmail or by actual conquest. But they bet on the wrong structure and then ran out of choices.