| 5 | INTRODUCTION |
| CHAPTER 1 | |
| FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM | |
| 9 | [introduction.] |
| 10 | 1. MARX AND ENGELS ON THE REMAKING OF SOCIETY |
| 20 | 2. LENIN ON THE WAYS OF STRUGGLE FOR SOCIALISM |
| 36 | 3. THE COMMUNIST PARTIES ON THE FORMS OF TRANSITION TO SOCIALISM |
| CHAPTER 2 | |
| SUBSTANCE AND CONTENT OF THE CONTEMPORARY EPOCH | |
| 47 | [introduction.] |
| 49 | 1. SOCIO-ECONOMIC FORMATIONS AND HISTORICAL EPOCHS |
| 57 | 2. FEATURES OF OUR EPOCH |
| 72 | 3. DYNAMISM OF THE EPOCH AND THE HELPLESSNESS OF ITS CRITICS |
| 85 | 4. DECISIVE FORCE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE TRANSITION TO SOCIALISM |
| CHAPTER 3 | |
| LAWS OF THE REVOLUTION AND REVOLUTIONARY CREATIVE WORK | |
| 102 | [introduction.] |
| 102 | 1. OBJECTIVE FACTORS |
| 113 | 2. SUBJECTIVE CONDITIONS |
| 122 | 3. GENERAL LAWS |
| 132 | 4. DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER OF THE TRANSITION |
| 141 | 5. THE ROLE OF HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE |
| CHAPTER 4 | |
| PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIALIST REVOLUTION | |
| 151 | [introduction.] |
| 151 | 1. THE THEORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REVOLUTION |
| 165 | 2. FORMS OF REVOLUTION |
| 183 | 3. LESSONS OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN RUSSIA |
| 204 | 4. SPECIFICS OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES |
| CHAPTER 5 | |
| PROBLEMS OF SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION | |
| 222 | [introduction.] |
| 223 | 1. INEVITABILITY AND SUBSTANCE OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD |
| 234 | 2. SCIENCE OF SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION |
| 244 | 3. SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES |
| 269 | 4. LAWS OF WORLD SOCIALISM |
| CHAPTER 6 | |
| PROSPECTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS | |
| 281 | [introduction.] |
| 282 | 1. THE PRINCIPAL REVOLUTIONARY FORCE |
| 292 | 2. CLASS BATTLES IN THE CITADELS OF IMPERIALISM |
| 312 | 3. NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT |
| 331 | 4. SOCIALIST FOREIGN POLICY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| 342 | IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION |
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