| Part One | |
| EMERGENCE OF THE WORLD SOCIALIST SYSTEM | |
| Chapter I. • HISTORICAL PREREQUISITES FOR THE WORLD SOCIALIST SYSTEM | |
| 7 | 1. The Great October Socialist Revolution as the Basis of World Socialism |
| 16 | 2. The Second World War and the Peoples’ Revolutionary Struggle |
| 32 | 3. Postwar Peace Settlement. Democratic Development in Central and Southeast Europe |
| Chapter II. • FORMATION OF THE WORLD SOCIALIST SYSTEM | |
| 59 | 1. Triumph of People’s Democracy in European Countries as a Major Stage in the Development of World Socialism |
| 86 | 2. Alliance of Equal and Sovereign States. Treaties of Friendship and Mutual Assistance and Their Significance |
| 100 | 3. Conversion of Socialism into a World System as a Radical Turn in International Development |
| Chapter III. • RISE OF SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |
| 110 | 1. A New Type of International Relations. Socialist Internationalism as the Basis of Relations Between Socialist Countries |
| 131 | 2. Socialist Internationalism as a Motive Force of the World Socialist System |
| 155 | 3. Community of Socialist Countries and Problems of Communist Construction |
| Part Two | |
| MAIN STAGES IN THE WORLD SOCIALIST SYSTEM | |
| Chapter IV. • BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIALISM IN THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRACIES. STRENGTHENING CO-OPERATION OF SOCIALIST COUNTRIES (1950-1956) | |
| 169 | 1. Emergence of the Asian People’s Democracies and the World Socialist System |
| 189 | 2. Consolidation of the Economic and Military-Political Alliance of the Socialist Countries |
| Chapter V. • IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CO-OPERATION OF THE USSR AND OTHER SOCIALIST STATES (1957-1960) | |
| 211 | 1. Consolidation of the Forces of the Socialist Countries |
| 228 | 2. Further Improvement of Economic Co-operation |
| Chapter VI. • THE WORLD SOCIALIST SYSTEM IN 1961-1970 | |
| 233 | 1. New Forms of Economic Co-operation |
| 252 | 2. Military and Political Co-operation. Struggle of the CPSU and Other Fraternal Parties for Socialist Unity |
| Part Three | |
| SOCIALIST FOREIGN POLICY | |
| Chapter VII. • PRINCIPAL TRENDS IN SOCIALIST FOREIGN POLICY | |
| 273 | 1. Sources and Origins of Socialist Foreign Policy. Its Scientific Basis. Main Aims |
| 291 | 2. Socialist Countries and the Capitalist World. Work of the Soviet Union and Other Socialist Countries for Peace and International Security |
| 321 | Chapter VIII. • SOCIALIST COUNTRIES AND YOUNG INDEPENDENT STATES |
| 357 | Chapter IX. • SOCIALIST FOREIGN POLICY AND THE WORLD IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE |
| 387 | CONCLUSION |
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