Soviet World

The Soviet World, first published in 1965, examines both the domestic society of the Soviet Union under Khrushchev and its foreign relations with the capitalist world. His foreign policies as much as his domestic policies aimed to prove the Soviet Union's economic superiority to the United States.

List of contents

Part 1. Communism and Capitalism 1. The Economic Rivalry between East and West Part 2. The Elements of Strength 2. Natural Resources 3. The Human Element 4. Khrushchev and his Successors 5. The Schools 6. Higher Scientific and Technical Education 7. Industrialization Part 3. The Elements of Weakness 8. Marxist Ideology 9. Planning 10. The Agricultural Crisis 11. Transition from Socialism to Communism 12. Wages 13. Consumer Goods 14. Overcrowding 15. The New Bourgeoisie 16. The Party Dictatorship 17. Trade-Union Safeguards 18. The Non-Russian Peoples of the Soviet Union 19. The Anti-Religious Struggle

About the author

Luca Pietromarchi

Summary

The Soviet World, first published in 1965, examines both the domestic society of the Soviet Union under Khrushchev and its foreign relations with the capitalist world. His foreign policies as much as his domestic policies aimed to prove the Soviet Union’s economic superiority to the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Luca Pietromarchi, Pietromarchi Luca
• Assisted by: Lovett F. Edwards (Translation), Edwards Lovett F. (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032373324
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237332-4
• No. of pages: 458
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Foreign Policy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, International Relations, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union