CHAPTER X: A Tendency Analysis of Soviet Policy-Making

Part 2 of this three-part article discusses the aftermath of the June 1953 East German uprising, particularly the arrest on 26 June of Lavrentii Beria, who until then had been one of the most powerful figures in Moscow. Beria's arrest came not because of any high-level disagreements about policy, but simply because Beria's rivals wanted to remove him from the post-Stalin succession struggle. Newly released documents shed valuable light on the plot against Beria, which was intricate and extremely risky, yet ultimately successful.

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Soviet Policy-Making: Studies of Communism in Transition. Edited by Peter H. Juviler and Henry W. Morton. (New York: Frederick A. Praeger. 1967. Pp. xiv, 274. $6.50)

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr/73.2.551 ◽

1967 ◽

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Policy Making ◽

Soviet Policy

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The Early Post-Stalin Succession Struggle and Upheavals in East-Central Europe: Internal-External Linkages in Soviet Policy Making (Part 1)

Journal of Cold War Studies ◽

10.1162/15203970152521881 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 3-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Mark Kramer

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Central Europe ◽

Policy Making ◽

Large Scale ◽

Soviet Bloc ◽

East Central Europe ◽

East Central ◽

Soviet Policy ◽

External Events ◽

The Impact

The death of Josif Stalin was followed by momentous changes in the Soviet bloc. Part 1 of this two-part article considers how and why these changes came about, looking at the interaction between domestic and external events. It explores the nature of Soviet decision making, the impact of events in East-Central Europe, the implementation of Moscow's new policy, and the use of Soviet troops to put down a large-scale uprising in East Germany. Politics, Power, and U.S. Policy in Iran, 1950–1953

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Soviet Policy-Making

International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis ◽

10.2307/40200247 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 712

Author(s):

Peter J. Potichnyj ◽

Peter H. Juviler ◽

Henry W. Morton

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Soviet Policy

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The Concept of the Balance of Power in Soviet Policy-Making

World Politics ◽

10.2307/2008902 ◽

1951 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 85-111 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Raymond L. Garthoff

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Balance Of Power ◽

Mental Processes ◽

Soviet Policy ◽

Cultural Pressures

The analysis of any human concept is infinitely and inevitably complicated by the mental processes of the original user and the investigator. Dedication to objectivity by the analyst can usually prevent only the more obvious, and not always the most important, psycho-cultural pressures which condition or determine both the content and the method of the analysis, to say nothing of its purpose and material. In turn, the concept under examination, even though it is necessarily rendered an object isolate for intensive review, remains and must be treated as essentially a living precipitate of the entire environment in which it was born and nourished.

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