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Introduction -- 1. The Fall Of Beria -- Before The Trial -- Beria Is Shot -- 2. The Development Of Soviet Foreign Policy In 1954 -- Soviet Policy Towards Germany A Year After Stalin -- The Geneva Conference On The Far East -- A New Course In Moscow: Russia And China -- A New Course In Moscow: Changes In Eastern Europe -- 3. The Fall Of Malenkov -- The Issues Behind Malenkov's Resignation -- The Rise Of The Military -- The Roles Of Khrushchev And Bulganin -- 4. The Foreign Policy Of Malenkov's Successors -- The Retreat From Monolithism: Khrushchev In Belgrade -- Status Quo In Germany -- 5. The Twentieth Congress -- The Twentieth Congress Of The Soviet Communist Party -- Foreign Affairs At The Twentieth Congress -- The U.s.s. R. After The Twentieth Congress -- Stalin And The Soviet Leadership -- Molotov Resigns -- 6. Crisis In The Soviet Bloc -- The Polish And Hungarian Revolts -- The Causes Of The Crisis In Eastern Europe -- Shepilov's Exit -- Malenkov Returns To The Attack --^ 7. Mao And The Hundred Flowers Campaign -- 8. Khrushchev Gains The Ascendancy -- Khrushchev's Economic Reform -- The Anti-party Group -- Khrushchev, Malenkov, And The Stalinist Past -- Bonapartism In The Soviet Union -- Khrushchev Becomes Prime Minister -- 9. Khrushchev On The Defensive -- The Execution Of Imre Nagy -- Mao Abandons The Hundred Flowers Campaign -- Khrushchev's Domestic Opposition -- The Collapse Of Khrushchev's Diplomacy -- China's Pressure On Moscow -- 10. From The Twentieth To The Twenty-first Congress -- 11. Khrushchev's Diplomatic Initiatives -- The Soviet Perspective In Germany -- Khrushchev Goes To Washington -- Russia And The International Communist Movement -- The U-2 Incident -- The Collapse Of The Summit -- 12. The Deterioration Of Sino-soviet Relations -- The Bucharest Congress -- Algeria And The Sino-soviet Dispute -- The Conference Of The Eighty-one Parties -- Cuba And Indo-china -- The Sino-soviet Truce Breaks Down --^ 13. The Twenty-second Congress And The End Of