Russia, China and the West
Deutscher, Isaac.
Russia, China and the West - London Oxford University Press 1970 - 360 p.
This volume contains an edited selection of Isaac Deutscher's writings on current affairs from 1953 to 1966. They have been selected from a much larger number of pieces written over the same period, which were published irregularly in numerous journals and newspapers across the world.
These writings form part of Deutscher's total analytic work, and are of permanent importance both for students of this period of history and for students of Marxism. Other pieces of similar importance have appeared in collections such as Russia in Transition, Heretics and Renegades, and Ironies of History; but, while these were collections of separate articles, this book is an attempt to present the texts in a narrative sequence so that they form, in as far as is possible, a continuous commentary on the developments to which they refer. Since Deutscher did not write a systematic history of the period and did not produce a comment on every major event, it has been impossible to create a comprehensive narrative from his different writings; but by arranging the pieces in chapters and by introducing each chapter by a short summary of the historical background to the events described, a considerable degree of continuity has been achieved. In these introductory passages I have tried to show how the events appeared at the time, and for those who are familiar with this period the introductions will be unnecessary; but for those who never experienced, or who have forgotten, the developments of this period the introductory pieces and the chronological table at the end should be of some help.
International relations
327.47 DEU
Russia, China and the West - London Oxford University Press 1970 - 360 p.
This volume contains an edited selection of Isaac Deutscher's writings on current affairs from 1953 to 1966. They have been selected from a much larger number of pieces written over the same period, which were published irregularly in numerous journals and newspapers across the world.
These writings form part of Deutscher's total analytic work, and are of permanent importance both for students of this period of history and for students of Marxism. Other pieces of similar importance have appeared in collections such as Russia in Transition, Heretics and Renegades, and Ironies of History; but, while these were collections of separate articles, this book is an attempt to present the texts in a narrative sequence so that they form, in as far as is possible, a continuous commentary on the developments to which they refer. Since Deutscher did not write a systematic history of the period and did not produce a comment on every major event, it has been impossible to create a comprehensive narrative from his different writings; but by arranging the pieces in chapters and by introducing each chapter by a short summary of the historical background to the events described, a considerable degree of continuity has been achieved. In these introductory passages I have tried to show how the events appeared at the time, and for those who are familiar with this period the introductions will be unnecessary; but for those who never experienced, or who have forgotten, the developments of this period the introductory pieces and the chronological table at the end should be of some help.
International relations
327.47 DEU