Abstract

Russia's Basic Strategy: Facts Versus Illusions

There has been a cold war of varying intensity between Russia and the Middle West, ever since the Bolshevik Revolution; there has been, on both sides, suspicion and hostility so deep as to give a quite special character to relations between them. This cold war has been through several phases,, but it was never ended since it began--and is not likely to end for a long time to come. It is also unlikely, for reasons, in a moment, to be mere dangerous to peace in the fixture than in the past. Like the faithful everywhere, the Russian Communists, though powerfully affected by their faith, take some parts of it more seriously than others. What they take seriously depends on vast experience and present necessities.