ABSTRACT

First published in 1950, this book investigates the interaction between Communist ideology and Soviet political practices from the period of Lenin's theoretical formulations to the contemporary Soviet bureaucratic state.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

The Problem and Its Setting

part ONE|66 pages

Leninist Theory and Practice Before the Revolution

chapter 1|19 pages

How an Ideology Emerged

chapter 2|21 pages

Lenin’s Plans for the New Society

part TWO|136 pages

The Dilemma of Authority from Lenin to Stalin

chapter 4|12 pages

Victory Creates Dilemmas

chapter 5|20 pages

Alternative Solutions

chapter 6|22 pages

Political Dynamics: Who Shall Command?

chapter 7|20 pages

The Transformation of the Rulers

chapter 9|30 pages

Revolution and World Politics

part THREE|207 pages

Today’s Dilemma

chapter 11|30 pages

The Organization of Authority

chapter 12|21 pages

The Bureaucratic State

chapter 13|19 pages

The Industrial Order: Stalin and Adam Smith

chapter 14|15 pages

The Class Struggle in a Socialist Society

chapter 16|34 pages

The Pattern of Soviet Foreign Policy

chapter 17|18 pages

The Relations of Ideology and Foreign Policy

chapter 18|24 pages

Conclusions and Implications

chapter |9 pages

Epilogue