Russia, China, and the West : a contemporary chronicle, 1953-1966

Introduction -- 1. The Fall Of Beria -- Before The Trial -- Beria Is Shot -- 2. The Development Of Soviet Foreign Policy In 1954 -- Soviet Policy Towards Germany A Year After Stalin -- The Geneva Conference On The Far East -- A New Course In Moscow: Russia And China -- A New Course In Moscow: Changes In Eastern Europe -- 3. The Fall Of Malenkov -- The Issues Behind Malenkov's Resignation -- The Rise Of The Military -- The Roles Of Khrushchev And Bulganin -- 4. The Foreign Policy Of Malenkov's Successors -- The Retreat From Monolithism: Khrushchev In Belgrade -- Status Quo In Germany -- 5. The Twentieth Congress -- The Twentieth Congress Of The Soviet Communist Party -- Foreign Affairs At The Twentieth Congress -- The U.s.s. R. After The Twentieth Congress -- Stalin And The Soviet Leadership -- Molotov Resigns -- 6. Crisis In The Soviet Bloc -- The Polish And Hungarian Revolts -- The Causes Of The Crisis In Eastern Europe -- Shepilov's Exit -- Malenkov Returns To The Attack --^ 7. Mao And The Hundred Flowers Campaign -- 8. Khrushchev Gains The Ascendancy -- Khrushchev's Economic Reform -- The Anti-party Group -- Khrushchev, Malenkov, And The Stalinist Past -- Bonapartism In The Soviet Union -- Khrushchev Becomes Prime Minister -- 9. Khrushchev On The Defensive -- The Execution Of Imre Nagy -- Mao Abandons The Hundred Flowers Campaign -- Khrushchev's Domestic Opposition -- The Collapse Of Khrushchev's Diplomacy -- China's Pressure On Moscow -- 10. From The Twentieth To The Twenty-first Congress -- 11. Khrushchev's Diplomatic Initiatives -- The Soviet Perspective In Germany -- Khrushchev Goes To Washington -- Russia And The International Communist Movement -- The U-2 Incident -- The Collapse Of The Summit -- 12. The Deterioration Of Sino-soviet Relations -- The Bucharest Congress -- Algeria And The Sino-soviet Dispute -- The Conference Of The Eighty-one Parties -- Cuba And Indo-china -- The Sino-soviet Truce Breaks Down --^ 13. The Twenty-second Congress And The End Of The First Decade After Stalin -- The Twenty-second Congress And The Cult Of Khrushchev -- The Impact Of The Twenty-second Congress On The U.s.s.r. -- The Crisis Over The Cuban Missiles -- The Record Of 1962 -- The Soviet Union Enters The Second Decade After Stalin -- 14. Khrushchev's Troubles Increase -- The Collapse Of Sino-soviet Talks -- Black Dust Storms Over Russia -- The Russo-chinese Schism Deepens -- Khrushchev At Seventy -- The Russo-romanian Quarrel -- The Tonking Gulf Incident -- 15. The Fall Of Khrushchev -- The End Of The Khrushchev Interregnum -- The Consequences Of Khrushchev's Fall -- The Politics Of Post-khrushchevite Russia -- 16. The Policy Of Brezhnev And Kosygin -- Kosygin's Economic Counter-reform -- The U.s.s.r. Between The Twentieth And Twenty-third Congress -- Soviet Foreign Policy In 1965 -- The Twenty-third Congress: The Crypto-stalinists Raise Their Heads -- The Twenty-third Congress: The Shadow Of Vietnam --^ 17. The Great Cultural Revolution -- Chronology Of Events -- Index. Edited By Fred Halliday. Contents The Fall ofBeria I BEFORE THE TRIAL 2 BERIA IS SHOT 2 The Development of Soviet Foreign Policy in I 954 I SOVIET POLICY TOWARDS GERMANY A YEAR AFTER STALIN IO 2 THE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON THE FAR EAST I7 3 A NEW COURSE IN MOSCOW: RUSSIA AND CHINA 4 A NEW COURSE IN MOSCOW: CHANGES IN EASTERN EUROPE 3 The Fall of Malenkov I THE ISSUES BEHIND MALENKov's RESIGNATION 2 THE RISE OF THE MILITARY 3 THE ROLES OF KHRUSHCHEV AND BULGANIN 4 The Foreign Policy ofMalenkov's Successors 4I I THE RETREAT FROM MONOLITHISM: KHRUSHCHEV IN BELGRADE 2 STATUS Q.UO IN GERMANY 5 The Twentieth Congress I THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY 2 FOREIGN AFFAIRS AT THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS 3 THE u.s.s.R. AFTER THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS 4 STALIN AND THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP 5 MOLOTOV RESIGNS vi CONTENTS 6 Crisis in the Soviet Bloc 8I I THE POLISH AND HUNGARIAN REVOLTS 2 THE CAUSES OF THE CRISIS IN EASTERN EUROPE gr 3 SHEPILov's EXIT 4 MALENKOV RETURNS TO THE ATTACK 7 Mao and the Hundred Flowers Campaign 8 Khrushchev Gains the Ascendancy II3 I KHRUSHCHEV'S ECONOMIC REFORM II6 2 THE ANTI-PARTY GROUP 3 KHRUSHCHEV, MALENKOV, AND THE STALINIST PAST I25 4 BONAPARTISM IN THE SOVIET UNION 5 KHRUSHCHEV BECOMES PRIME MINISTER I33 9 Khrushchev on the Defensive I THE EXECUTION OF IMRE NAGY 2 MAO ABANDONS THE HUNDRED FLOWERS CAMPAIGN I44 3 KHRUSHCHEV'S DOMESTIC OPPOSITION 4 THE COLLAPSE OF KHRUSHCHEV'S DIPLOMACY I52 5 CHINA'S PRESSURE ON MOSCOW I57 10 From the Twentieth to the Twenty-first Congress I63 11 Khrushchev's Diplomatic Initiatives I72 I THE SOVIET PERSPECTIVE IN GERMANY I75 2 KHRUSHCHEV GOES TO WASHINGTON 3 RUSSIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST MOVEMENT 4 THE U-2 INCIDENT 5 THE COLLAPSE OF THE SUMMIT CONTENTS 12 The Deterioration of Sino-Soviet Relations I THE BUCHAREST CONGRESS 2 ALGERIA AND THE SINO-SOVIET DISPUTE 3 THE CONFERENCE OF THE EIGHTY-ONE PARTIES 2I5 4 CUBA AND INDO-CHINA 5 THE SINO-SOVIET TRUCE BREAKS DOWN 13 The Twenty-second Congress and the End of the First Decade After Stalin I THE TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS AND THE CULT OF KHRUSHCHEV 2 THE IMPACT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS ON THE u.s.s.R 3 THE CRISIS OVER THE CUBAN MISSILES 4 THE RECORD OF I962 5 THE SOVIET UNION ENTERS THE SECOND DECADE AFTER STALIN 25I 14 Khrushchev's Troubles Increase THE COLLAPSE OF SINO-SOVIET TALKS 2 BLACK DUST STORMS OVER RUSSIA 3 THE RUSSO-CHINESE SCHISM DEEPENS 4 KHRUSHCHEV AT SEVENTY 5 THE RUSSO-ROMANIAN Q.UARREL 28I 6 THE TONKING GULF INCIDENT 15 The Fall of Khrushchev I THE END OF THE KHRUSHCHEV INTERREGNUM 29I 2 THE CONSEQUENCES OF KHRUSHCHEV'S FALL 3 THE POLITICS OF POST-KHRUSHCHEVITE RUSSIA 16 The Policies of Brezhnev and Kosygin I KOSYGIN'S ECONOMIC COUNTER-REFORM 2 THE u.s.s.R. BETWEEN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS 3I3 viii CONTENTS 3 SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY IN