Totalitarianism and the Prospects for World

A remarkably prescient thinker, Aleksandras Shtromas devoted his life to understanding totalitarianism and political change. This posthumous collection of writings, edited by Robert Faulkner and Daniel J. Mahoney, addresses some of the topics that preoccupied Shtromas throughout his life, including totalitarian regimes, postcommunist transitions, the fates of the Baltic states, and the nature of political revolutions.

Preface: Shtromas's Tasks

ix

Robert Faulkner and Daniel J. Mahoney

Foreword: On Shtromas

xv

Daviel Marquand

Part I: Autobiographical Introduction

1

(16)

Statement to Contemporary Authors

3

(2)

The "Author's Testimony to the Baltic Tribunal Against the Soviet Union"

5

(4)

To My Students-Past, Present, and Future

9

(2)

Have Pity on the Hangman

11

(6)

Part II: Looking Back at the Main Challenge of the Twentieth Century: Overcoming Totalitarianism

17

(164)

1 The Jewish and Gentile Experience of the Holocaust: A Personal Perspective

21

(18)

2 Making Sense of Stalin

39

(18)

3 Marxism-Leninism in the USSR

57

(18)

4 To Fight Communism: Why and How?

75

(24)

5 The Inevitable Collapse of Socialism

99

(14)

6 Dissent, Nationalism, and the Soviet Future

113

(14)

7 On Totalitarianism and the Prospects for Institutionalized Revolution in the USSR and China

127

(18)

8 Ideology and Conflict: Does Warfare Between "Isms" Belong to Past History?

145

(36)

Part III: Post-Communist Transitions

181

(56)

9 The Transition to a Free Market System: The Hillsdale Plan and the Other Plans

185

(24)

10 What Should Be the Next Stage in the Process of Russian Reform?

209

(14)

11 To Expand Beyond Enlargement: A Few Thoughts on Preserving NATO's Original Identity without Hindering Its Transformation into a Euro-Atlantic Collective Security System

223

(14)

Part IV: The Baltic Pendulum

237

(72)

12 The Soviet Method of Conquest of the Baltic States: Lessons for the West

239

(32)

13 The Baltic States as Soviet Republics: Tensions and Contradictions

271

(30)

14 How Political are the Social Movements in the Baltic Republics?

301

(8)

Part V: Theoretical and Practical Considerations on Revolution and Political Change

309

(40)

15 How Revolutions Proceed

313

(22)

16 Political Change and Political Collapse

335

(14)

Part VI: Looking Toward the Challenges for the Next Century

349

(122)

17 The Strategy for Peace in a Changing World

353

(14)

18 The Future World Order and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination and Sovereignty

367

(30)

19 What Is Peace and How Could It Be Achieved?

397

(30)

20 Nations, States, and World Peace: Rejoinder

427

(20)

21 Competing; Identities as Shapers of Personal Political Consciousness: The "Collective Self" on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century

447

(10)

22 Universal Values vs. Local Preferences and Guilt Complexes in Transition to Global Education

457

(14)

Bibliography of Aleksandras Shtromas

471

(10)

Index

481

(12)

About the Author

493

(2)

About the Editors

495

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