ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1964, collects a number of essays united by the general theme of national and social revolution. They examine features of revolutionary movements, and, particularly, revolutionary leadership in an analysis of the social conditions and personal motives which impel men towards forming revolutionary elites.

Part 1. Twentieth-Century History  1. Nationalism and Multi-National Empires  2. Twentieth-Century Revolutions  3. Industrialization and Revolution  4. Russian Revolutionaries  5. Hitler’s Revolution  Part 2. Eastern Europe after the War  6. The Danube States in 1946  7. Czechoslovakia in 1947  8. Greece in 1948  Part 3. Communism in Eastern Europe  9. The Hungarian Tragedy  10. The East European Communist Parties, 1944–58  11. Five Years after the Hungarian Revolution  Part 4. International Problems  12. Soviet Foreign Policy on the Eve of the Summit  13. The ‘National Bourgeoisie’ in Soviet Strategy  14. The Great Schism  15. Commonwealth, Common Market, Common Sense