| 7 | FOREWORD |
| CHAPTER I | |
| GENESIS OF THEORY OF SOCIALIST REVOLUTION | |
| 9 | [introduction.] |
| 10 | 1. Marx and Engels: Proletarian Revolution |
| 24 | 2. Lenin’s Contribution |
| 45 | 3. Theory of Socialist Revolution After Lenin |
| CHAPTER II | |
| OBJECTIVE PLUS SUBJECTIVE FACTORS OF SOCIALIST REVOLUTION | |
| 57 | [introduction.] |
| 58 | 1. Marx and Lenin: Objective and Subjective Conditions for Revolution |
| 64 | 2. Uneven Maturation of Conditions for Revolution |
| 78 | 3. Lenin: Revolutionary Situation as an Objective Condition for Revolution |
| 94 | 4. Subjective Factor and Its Role in Revolution |
| CHAPTER III | |
| THE WORKING CLASS AS THE CENTRE OF ALL REVOLUTIONARY FORCES | |
| 103 | [introduction.] |
| 103 | 1. The Working Class as Leader of Social Revolution and Motive Force for Changing Society on Socialist Lines |
| 123 | 2. Working-Class Unity as a Decisive Condition for Victory |
| 140 | 3. Class Alliances of the Proletariat |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| WAYS AND MEANS OF GAINING POWER | |
| 151 | [introduction.] |
| 151 | 1. Marxism-Leninism and Revolutionary Struggle |
| 166 | 2. Non-Peaceful Path to Revolution |
| 175 | 3. Gaining Power Peacefully |
| CHAPTER V | |
| HISTORICAL PLACE OF PROLETARIAN DICTATORSHIP | |
| 194 | [introduction.] |
| 194 | 1. Historical Role of Proletarian Dictatorship |
| 201 | 2. The Need for the Working Class to Consolidate Power |
| 206 | 3. Essence and Forms of Proletarian Dictatorship |
| 218 | 4. Historical Boundaries of Proletarian Dictatorship |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| WORLD REVOLUTION AND THE TWO RIVAL WORLD SYSTEMS | |
| 223 | [introduction.] |
| 223 | 1. The Leninist Theory of World Socialist Revolution |
| 237 | 2. Contention of the Two World Systems Is the Forefront of the 20th Century Social Revolution |
| 253 | 3. Alliance of Major Revolutionary Forces and the World Socialist System |
| 267 | 4. World Social Revolution and Its Mounting Opportunities |
| 276 | 5. Communists as the Militant Vanguard of Proletarian World Revolution |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| IMPERIALISM TODAY AND THE GROWING PREREQUISITES FOR SOCIALIST REVOLUTION | |
| 288 | 1. A Leninist Analysis of Imperialism and the Contemporary World |
| 302 | 2. Scientific Progress and Worsening Capitalist Contradictions |
| 319 | 3. The Heightened State-Monopoly Character of Capitalism and Developing Material and Socio-Political Conditions for Revolution |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| DEMOCRATIC STRUGGLE AS A COMPONENT OF SOCIALIST STRUGGLE | |
| 338 | [introduction.] |
| 339 | 1. Growth of Democratic into Socialist Revolution |
| 353 | 2. Campaign for Democracy as a Component of the Campaign for Socialism |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| SOCIALIST REVOLUTION AND THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT | |
| 371 | 1. Leninism and the Part Played by the National Liberation Movement in World Revolution |
| 391 | 2. Problems of Non-Capitalist Development |
| CHAPTER X | |
| WAR, PEACE AND REVOLUTION | |
| 412 | 1. Peace and World Revolution |
| 416 | 2. Just and Unjust Wars, the Military Programme of Proletarian Revolution |
| 424 | 3. Peaceful Coexistence and World Revolution |
| 435 | 4. Real Possibilities of Averting World War Today |
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