Understanding Soviet Politics : The Perspective of Russian History (Hardcover)

Preface -- Russian History: A Window on Soviet Politics -- Russian History and Soviet Politics -- The Nature of Imperial Russian Society -- History and Politics in the Soviet Union -- Russian and Soviet Interpretations of World History -- Modernization: How Russia/USSR Differs from Other Countries -- The Modernization of Russia/USSR -- Russian History in Japanese Perspective -- Soviet Society: A Comparative View in 1967 -- The Soviet Union as an Advanced Society -- Russia/USSR: How It Relates to the Larger World -- The Pattern of Russian and Soviet Objectives -- Russia/USSR and the Modernization of the Balkans -- The Origins of the Cold War: The View from Bulgaria -- An Interview with Mr. Khrushchev