ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a preliminary consideration in order to put things somewhat in perspective. In the Soviet Union, a new political thinking is somewhat belated, and as far as it exists it is largely influenced by the West, by Western models, by communications with the West. The chapter also begins with the cultural influences: As opposed to Germany, for instance, playwrights and cultural figures have always played a great political role in the Soviet Union, a much greater political role than in our country. The Soviets used terms invented by Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein, and converted them for tactical means of propaganda. The notion of mutual assured destruction also appeared in the United States. Not many Americans believed in it and the Soviets didn't adopt it. New terms emerged in Soviet foreign policy literature, such as new philosophy.
