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.