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. Khrushchev offered a challenge to the West, to compare the practical benefits to the people of communism and capitalism, and his foreign policies as much as his domestic policies aimed to prove the Soviet Union’s economic superiority to the United States.
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
Biography
Luca Pietromarchi
