Russian Minds In Fetters (rle: Early Western Responses To Soviet Russia)

Part One: Postscript and summary. Perspectives -- Part Two: The background. An historical analogy--the French revolution ; The Soviet mind -- Part Three: The present scene. The five-year plan ; Agriculture ; Labor ; Industry ; Transportation ; Trade ; Foreign and domestic ; Banking ; The budget -- Part Four: Interpretation and appraisal. Aims ; Methods ; Results ; Forecasts -- Part Five: Wanted--An American policy toward Russia. The issues ; Shall we recognize Russia? ; Conclusions. Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I The Cauldron Still Boils -- Chapter II Sexual Morality and Education -- Chapter III Daily Life in Bolshevia -- Chapter IV The Outlaw -- Chapter V An Answer to the Second Question -- Chapter VI Laudetur Jezus Christus -- Chapter VII Woman, Unveil Thyself -- Chapter VIII Youth in Bolshevia -- Chapter IX Palimpsest -- Chapter X Terrorism -- Chapter XI The Future -- Chapter XII Conversation in a Train -- Chapter XIII The Three Causes of the Catastrophe -- Chapter XIV The Russian Intelligentsia -- Chapter XV "Une Stupide Aventure"--Index Originally published in 1932, the author, a Polish journalist, in this book directs his hostility against the fundamentals of Bolshevism, but nonetheless achieves impartiality. With regard to Russian culture, Soviet Russia appears to the author as the home of an almost Victorian puritanism. Daily life under the Bolsheviks is discussed, as is the meeting on a train with a man who claimed to have been present at the murder of the Imperial Family.