Symposium on Communism
CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM HENRY
Symposium on Communism The Threat of Soviet Imperialism. Ed. by C. Groves Haines. Johns Hopkins. 402 pp. $5.00. Reviewed by William Henry Chamberlin This is a record of the symposium on the...
...U. Alexis Johnson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, contributes a timely and realistic analysis of Red China and its role in the Communist movement throughout Asia...
...Reviewed by William Henry Chamberlin This is a record of the symposium on the problem of Soviet imperialism held last year under the auspices of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University...
...Morgan examines the driving forces behind Soviet imperialism and concludes that "part of Russia, plus part of Marx formed a mixture far more explosive than either ingredient...
...In other words, the issue is not whether we face traditional Russian imperialism or fanatical world revolutionism...
...Ken-nan's contribution is full of subtle historical insights, casting light on the relations between Russia and the West, past and present...
...former naval attache in Moscow, calls the roll of the Soviet armed forces...
...One of the best papers is by Robert N. Carew Hunt, on the world Communist movement...
...Hunt is the author of a thoughtful and informative book on the theory and practice of Communism...
...Because of the excellent qualifications of most of the participants, it is more valuable and durable than most works of this type...
...Manchuria, is half encircled by the Soviet Union...
...The first two sections, by George F. Kennan, author of the "containment" policy, and George A. Morgan, a Foreign Service officer, are extremely erudite and learned...
...Supplementing Mr...
...Rather, we face a combination of the two...
...Harry Schwartz contributes a sound analysis of the economy of the Soviet Union and the Communist bloc, and Admiral Leslie C. Stevens...
...Johnson regards the Soviet-Chinese alliance as solid and based on Peking's interests...
...He recognizes the propaganda and economic dangers of the Soviet trade offensive, while remarking that Moscow, so far, has been "talking big about little trade...
...Johnson, the Far Eastern expert Karl V. Wittfogel makes the valid point that a regime set on industrialization cannot afford to break with Moscow, "since China's industrially most important area...
...Willis C. Armstrong, of the State Department's Office of International Materials Policy, discusses Soviet use of trade as a weapon...
Vol. 37 • July 1954 • No. 29
