New Releases by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Study of the role of USA in the age of technological change and of the sociological aspects and political aspects of cultural change - assesses ideological trends in the USSR and the relevance of communist philosophy to contemporary problems, stresses the need for educational and institutional reforms in the USA and urges that the us should attempt to guide the process of social change and to enhance the affinities of the world''s developed nations. Bibliography pp. 311 to 324 and references.

This is the first full-length study of relations among the communist states. The study explores the implications of the status of Yugoslavia and China, the significance of the Hungarian revolution and the position of Poland in the Soviet bloc, and clarifies the Khrushchev-Gomulka clash of 1956 and the complex role of Tito. Zbigniew Brzezinski emphasizes the role of ideology and power in the relations among the communist states, contrasting bloc relations and the unifying role of Soviet power under Stalin with the present situation. He suggests that conflicts of interest among the ruling elites will result either in ideological disputes or in weakening the central core of the ideology, leading to a gradual decline of unity among the Communist states. The author, while on leave from his post as Professor and Director of the Research Institute on Communist Affairs, Columbia University, and serving on the U.S. State Department''s Policy Planning Council, has revised and updated his important study and added three new chapters on more recent developments. He gives particular attention to the Sino-Soviet dispute.

No detailed description available for "The Permanent Purge".