Part I. Internal politics
1. Totalitarianism and rationality
A definition of totalitarianism
Dynamics
A rationalist totalitarianism?
2. Patterns of autocracy
Autocratic tradition
Totalitarian innovation
Continuity and change
3. The nature of the Soviet system
Organizational compulsion for ideology-action
The party and the ideology
Politics and social development
The impact of external affairs
Part II. Foreign affairs
4. Communist ideology and international affairs
The nature of the ideology
Its role and impact in international affairs
Prospects of ideological erosion
Sources of ideological vitality
5. The challenge of change in the Soviet bloc
Transformation of the bloc
Sino-Soviet relations
The implications of change.