Khrushchev Years Research Articles

Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. General Editor Robert H. McNeal. (Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1974. inclusive. $75.00, set of four.) 4 Volumes. Volume I: The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party: 1898–1917. Edited by Ralph Carter Elwood. Pp. 306. Volume II: The Early Soviet Period: 1917–1929. Edited by Richard Gregor. Pp. 382. Volume

Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. General Editor Robert H. McNeal. (Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1974. inclusive. 75.00, set of four.) - Volume 71 Issue 4

Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. General Editor Robert H. McNeal. (Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1974. inclusive. $75.00, set of four.) 4 Volumes. Volume I: The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party: 1898–1917. Edited by Ralph Carter Elwood. Pp. 306. Volume II: The Early Soviet Period: 1917–1929. Edited by Richard Gregor. Pp. 382. Volume

Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. General Editor Robert H. McNeal. (Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1974. inclusive. 75.00, set of four.) - Volume 71 Issue 4

Khrushchev: The Years in Power

This portrait by two noted Soviet authors and dissidents of Nikita Khrushchev's years in power reveals the former leader of the Soviet Union as a decisive, even impetuous, innovator, a side of him little known before in the West. Khrushchev emerges as a man impatient to destroy Stalinism, to remedy defects in the Soviet system, and to solve the problems of Soviet agriculture. As no other book before it, Khrushchev brings into focus the many sides of the shrewd and complex Soviet leader and the interrelation between Soviet politics and agricultural policy that brought about his removal from power.

Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionRobert H. McNeal, General Editor Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. - The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, 1898–October, 1917Ralph C. Elwood, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. I, pp. xxxi, 306. - The Early Soviet Period, 1917–1929Richard Gregor, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. 2,

Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionRobert H. McNeal, General Editor Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. - The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, 1898–October, 1917Ralph C. Elwood, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. I, pp. xxxi, 306. - The Early Soviet Period, 1917–1929Richard Gregor, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. 2, pp. xi, 382. - The Stalin Years, 1929–1953Robert H. McNeal, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. 3, pp. x, 280. - The Khrushchev Years, 1953–64Grey Hodnett, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. 4, pp. x, 328. - Volume 10 Issue 2

Robert H. McNeal, general editor. <italic>Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union</italic>. Volume 1, <italic>The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, 1898–October 1917</italic>, edited by Ralph Carter Elvvood; volume 2, <italic>The Early Soviet Period: 1917–1929</italic>, edited by Richard Gregor; volume 3, <italic>The Stalin Years: 1929–1953</italic>, edited by Robert H. McNeal.; volume 4, <italic>The Khrushchev Years, 1953–1964</italic>, edited

Robert H. McNeal, general editor. Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Volume 1, The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, 1898–October 1917, edited by Ralph Carter Elvvood; volume 2, The Early Soviet Period: 1917–1929, edited by Richard Gregor; volume 3, The Stalin Years: 1929–1953, edited by Robert H. McNeal.; volume 4, The Khrushchev Years, 1953–1964, edited by Grey Hodnett. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press. 1974. Pp. xxxi, 306; xi, 382; x, 280; x, 328. $75.00 the set Get access McNeal Robert H., general editor. Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Volume 1, The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, 1898–October 1917, edited by Elvvood Ralph Carter; volume 2, The Early Soviet Period: 1917–1929, edited by Gregor Richard; volume 3, The Stalin Years: 1929–1953, edited by McNeal Robert H.; volume 4, The Khrushchev Years, 1953–1964, edited by Hodnett Grey. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press. 1974. Pp. xxxi, 306; xi, 382; x, 280; x, 328. $75.00 the set. Robert Paul Browder Robert Paul Browder University of Arizona Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 81, Issue 5, December 1976, Page 1178, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/81.5.1178 Published: 01 December 1976

Prelude to Detente: Doctrinal Change under Khrushchev

A fundamental reorientation of Soviet attitudes toward international politics took place during the Khrushchev years (especially 1956–1960), a reorientation which was a necessary—though certainly not a sufficient—condition for the present period of detente. An attempt is made to delineate these basic changes in Soviet perceptions of international politics through an examination of the evolution of Marxist-Leninist doctrine. Although it is fully recognized that the correspondence between private leadership views and the overt public doctrine is far from perfect, it is argued that a study of doctrine and the process by which it changes can serve as an indicator of parallel shifts in elite perspectives. To this end, an attempt is made, first, to set out the central tenets of the Stalinist world view, and second, to contrast these to the major revisions that Khrushchev introduced concerning: disarmament, the nature of “ruling circles” in the West, and the dynamics of international tension. A study of doctrinal revisionism in the Soviet Union provides substantial evidence of a continuing—though far from completed—process of growing Soviet acceptance of the existing international order.

Soviet Perspectives on International Relations, 1956-1967

Serious debates and discussions on world politics in Russian journals and books have greatly increased since 1956, resulting in a steadily changing appraisal of the world political situation by the Russians. Professor Zimmerman studies that changing appraisal. He describes Soviet international relations perspectives during Khrushchev's years in power and the three years following. He uncovers the answers Soviet commentators implicitly or explicitly give to such questions as: Who, in the Soviet view, are the main actors in international politics, and what does identifying them suggest about the Soviet perspective? In the Soviet analysis, what is the global distribution of power? How do Soviet analysts characterize the capabilities, motives, and decision-making process of the United States? Contents: I. Introduction. II. The Emergence of International Relations as a Discipline. III. The Actors. IV. The Hierarchy. V. The Distribution of Power. VI. United States Foreign Policy from the Soviet Perspective. VII. The Balance of Power as System and Policy. VIII. Post-Imperialism and the Transformation of Soviet Foreign Policy. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Some Major Persisting Problems in Soviet Agriculture

Professor Nove's panoramic review of Soviet agricultural developments since 1953 covers all points that should be included in a survey of this kind. His claim that the overall picture is not controversial is on the whole correct, though individual observers are likely to differ in assessing the importance of particular aspects or policies. Before I outline my views, brief comment is in order on two points. Thus, I do not agree with the statement that there was no slharp increase in the volume of grain procurements between the early and the late Khrushchev years. Such an impression is conveyed by annual averages for 1953-58 and 1959-64. But we should keep in mind that the early years included two bumper crops (1956 and 1958), while the later period included only one such crop (1964), which was offset to a large extent by the nearly disastrous harvest of 1963. If all these years are excluded from the comparison, typical average procurements in the early years come to about 36 million tons, while the corresponding figure for 1959-62 is 51 million tons. This is an increase in the general level of procurements of about 41 percent.1 I would also stress that the matter of the MTS reform is best viewed in the general context of other policy measures introduced at about the same time. These included changes in agriculture's terms of trade (to its disadvantage), a cutback in the production and supply of many important types of farm machinery, a slowdown in the rate of extending credits to agriculture, a low rate of increase in the production and shipments of mineral fertilizers, as well as the campaign against the private plot. I have discussed these matters at greater length elsewhere,2 and I still hold the view that all these measures taken together represented a major policy decision, made at the highest level, to reduce the supply of inputs to agriculture and to arrest (at least) the growth of agricultural incomes at a time when a very substantial increase in farm output was planned for 1959-65. The fact that this decision was taken after a period of very satisfactory growth in output in 1953-58 underlines the propen-