Measures 4-1/4" X 7-3/16", 264 pp, edited by W. W. Rostow, stated "FIRST {Mentor} PRINTING, DECEMBER,1954," published by New American Library (NY), Mentor paperback #Ms121.

Group 30-4939

There is a 3/8" tear at the rear mid-left edge, & the lamination is peeling from the front top, side & lower edges, as well as the rear top & side edges, & is nearly entirely missing from the rear lower edge -- plus wear & chipping to edges & corners, with creases, scratches, folds, indentations, minor tears, browning pages, rub-wear & soiling -- spine shows slight lean to right, with NO top to bottom crease, but 1 side to side crease  -- NO WRITING & NO UNDERLINING & NO HIGHLIGHTING!!! -- overall condition Fair Plus

Contents:

Part One:  The Evolution Of Soviet Rule
     1.  The Pre-1917 Foundations For Soviet Rule

     2.  The Higher Politics Of Soviet Rule

     3.  The Bureaucratization Of The Instruments Of Power

     4.  Soviet Power And the Economy

     5.  The Evolution Of Soviet Ideology

     6.  The Bureaucratization Of Social And Cultural Life

     7.  The Role Of Russia In the Evolution of the Soviet State

     8.  Soviet Foreign Relations

     9.  The European Satellites:  Expansion Of The Soviet System And The Process Of Take-Over


Part Two:  Cohesive Forces, Instabilities, And Tensions In Contemporary Soviet Society
     10.  The Pattern Of Soviet Society In General

     11.  The Instability Of Executive Power

     12.  The Higher Bureaucracy And Executive Power

     13.  General Popular Dissatisfactions

     14.  Group Dissatisfactions


Part Three:  Conclusions
     15.  Post-Stalin


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