Collected here for the time are twenty-five essays on the aims and actions of hte Soviet government, written by one of America's outstanding authorities in this field. -- back cover.

Part I. Continuities in Soviet outlook -- Part II. Uneasy alliance and abortive peace : Soviet Foreign Policy, 1941-1949 -- Part II. The Cold War -- Part IV. Soviet Policy since Stalin -- Part V. The dual challenge of Soviet Policy.