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Author John Mason, in "The Cold War: 1945-1991," claims that the Soviet Union was a "curious superpower" in the 1980s because "the USSR had military might, but a faltering economy."
The author explains in the book that the Soviet Union was a powerful country at that time, regarding its military. As powerful and feared as the United States. Both countries had impressive Armed forces, technology, machines, missiles, equipment, and elite soldiers or divisions. However, meanwhile, the economy of the United States was one of the best in the world, the Soviet Union had economic problems and the Russian people suffered because the economy was not good.