A Curtain of Distortion, by George E. Taylor, PROBLEMS OF COMMUNISM

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A Curtain of Distortion

A Curtain of Ignorance, by Felix Greene

by George E. Taylor

Problems of Communism, May 1966, pp. 50-52

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  Issues of 1956 = 6 Issues, 65 Articles
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  Issues of 1961 = 5 Issues, 57 Articles
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  Issues of 1962 = 6 Issues, 67 Articles
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  Issues of 1963 = 6 Issues, 71 Articles
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  Issues of 1964 = 5 Issues, 66 Articles
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  Issues of 1965 = 6 Issues, 90 Articles
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  Issues of 1966 = 5 Issues, 89 Articles
  1. [+]
    January 1966 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. The Soviet Political System by Zbigniew Brzezinski, pp. 1-15
    2. Rumania by George Gross, pp. 16-27
    3. Economics and Politics by Michel Tatu, pp. 28-34
    4. [+]
      Mao and Maoism by James R. Townsend, pp. 35-39 - 5 Reviews
      1. The Communism of Mao Tse-Tung by Arthur A. Cohen
      2. The Political Thought of Mao Tse-Tung by Stuart R. Schram
      3. Mao and the Chinese Revolution by Jerome Ch'en
      4. Major Doctrines of Communist China by John Wilson Lewis
      5. Communist China's Crusade by Guy Wint
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      Cuba and Latin American Communism by Daniel Tretiak, pp. 40-43 - 6 Reviews
      1. Castroism: Theory and Practice by Theodore Draper
      2. Operation America by Jules Dubois
      3. Inside the Cuban Revolution by Adolfo Gilly
      4. The Cuban Revolution and Latin America by Boris Goldenberg
      5. International Communism in Latin America by Rollie E. Poppino
      6. Fidel Castro and Company, Inc. by Manuel Urrutia-Lleo
    6. [+]
      Education in China by Robert D. Barendsen, p. 44 - 1 Review
      1. Chinese Communist Education by Stewart E. Fraser
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      Eastern Europe by F.J. Brown, p. 45 - 1 Review
      1. Rumania: Russia's Dissident Ally by David Floyd
    8. [+]
      The Left in Africa and Asia by David Morison, p. 46 - 2 Reviews
      1. African Socialism by William H. Friedland and Carl G. Rosberg, Jr., ...
      2. Marxism and Asia by Helene Carrere d'Encausse and Stuart R. Schram, ...
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      Youth and Communism by Philip G. Altbach, pp. 47-48 - 1 Review
      1. Youth and Communism by Richard Cornell
    10. Zimmerwald by William Korey, pp. 49-53
    11. A Traveler in China by Michael Futrell, pp. 54-61
    12. Correspondence, pp. 62-65
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    March 1966 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Automation, Cybernetics, and Party Control by Gerald Segal, pp. 1-11
    2. Agriculture by Solomon Schwarz, pp. 12-20
    3. New Trends and Old Remedies by Roy D. Laird, pp. 21-28
    4. Economic Reforms in East Germany by Dorothy Miller and Harry G. Trend, pp. 29-36
    5. The Coup That Failed by Uri Ra'anan, pp. 37-43
    6. The Beginning of the End? by Michel Tatu, pp. 44-47
    7. [+]
      Communism in Indonesia by Guy J. Pauker, pp. 48-50 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Rise of Indonesian Communism by Ruth T. McVey
      2. The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1963 by Donald Hindley
      3. The Communist Party of Indonesia by Justus M. van der Kroef
    8. [+]
      Historical Surveys by Abraham Ascher, p. 51 - 2 Reviews
      1. USSR: A Concise History by Basil Dmytryshyn
      2. Soviet Communism and Western Opinion, 1919-1921 by E. Malcolm Carroll and Frederic B.M. Hollyday, ...
    9. [+]
      The Land and Its People by Loren R. Graham, p. 52 - 1 Review
      1. Soviet Potentials: A Geographic Appraisal by George B. Cressey
    10. [+]
      Turmoil in Africa by David Morison, pp. 52-53 - 1 Review
      1. Zanzibar: Background to Revolution by Michael F. Lofchie
    11. General Maleter by Peter I. Gosztony, pp. 54-61
    12. The "Essential Love" of Simone de Beauvoir by Adam Ulam, pp. 62-64
    13. Writers in Prison by Leopold Labedz and Max Hayward, pp. 65-69
    14. "Traitors in the Dock" by Abraham Brumberg, pp. 70-78
    15. Correspondence, pp. 79-81
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    May 1966 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Whose Men in Havana? by D. Bruce Jackson, pp. 1-10
    2. Peking's Remembrance of Things Past by James P. Harrison, pp. 11-16
    3. Economics and Politics, III by J.F. Brown, pp. 17-21
    4. Communism in Cyprus by T.W. Adams and Alvin J. Cottrell, pp. 22-30
    5. The Catholic-Communist "Dialogue" by Kevin Devlin, pp. 31-38
    6. Changes in Russia by Frederick C. Barghoorn, pp. 39-42
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      The Purges Revisited by Thomas W. Wolfe, pp. 43-45 - 2 Reviews
      1. Power and the Soviet Elite by Boris I. Nicolaevsky and Janet D. Zagoria
      2. The Great Purge Trial by Robert C. Tucker and Stephen F. Cohen
    8. [+]
      Art and Craft by Victor S. Frank, pp. 46-49 - 1 Review
      1. Khrushchev and the Arts by Priscilla Johnson and Leopold Labedz
    9. [+]
      A Curtain of Distortion by George E. Taylor, pp. 50-52 - 1 Review
      1. A Curtain of Ignorance by Felix Greene
    10. [+]
      Stalin Reconsidered by Thomas B. Larson, p. 53 - 1 Review
      1. Stalin's Russia: A Historical Reconsideration by Francis B. Randall
    11. [+]
      Planning the Economy by Leon Herman, pp. 53-54 - 2 Reviews
      1. Soviet Planning by Jane Degras and Alec Nove
      2. The Economics of Soviet Planning by Abram Bergson
    12. [+]
      Agriculture under Khrushchev by Karl-Eugen Wadekin, p. 55 - 1 Review
      1. Khrushchev's Crop Policy by Naum Jasny
    13. [+]
      Peking's First Steps by J.R. Townsend, p. 56 - 1 Review
      1. Communist China: The Early Years, 1949-55 by A. Doak Barnett
    14. [+]
      Politics and Science by James D. Seymour, p. 56 - 1 Review
      1. Soviet Scientist in Red China by Mikhail A. Klochko
    15. Comintern by Thomas Weiss, p. 57
    16. [+]
      The Katyn Massacre by Hugo Dewar, p. 58 - 1 Review
      1. Time Stopped at 6:30 by Tadeusz Wittlin
    17. "Economic Reforms in East Germany" by Hans Apel, pp. 59-62
    18. Correspondence, pp. 63-64
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    September 1966 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. The Man and His Doctrines by Stuart R. Schram, pp. 1-7
    2. The Man and His Policies by Arthur A. Cohen, pp. 8-16
    3. Commentaries by Benjamin Schwartz, p. 17
    4. The Need for a Redefinition by Mostafa Rejai, pp. 18-19
    5. The Persistance of the Old by Joseph R. Levenson, pp. 20-21
    6. Totalitarian Traditions by Leonard Schapiro, pp. 22-23
    7. Concluding Remarks by Stuart R. Schram, pp. 24-26
    8. --- by Arthur A. Cohen, pp. 27-30
    9. A Bureaucracy Under Fire by Giorgio Galli, pp. 31-34
    10. Immobilism and Decay by Robert Conquest, pp. 35-37
    11. Alternatives for Change by Hans J. Morgenthau, pp. 38-40
    12. Moscow and Socialism in Egypt by Jaan Pennar, pp. 41-47
    13. A Movement Transformed by Kevin Devlin, pp. 48-59
    14. Moscow and Eastern Europe by Melvin Croan, pp. 60-64
    15. History and Politics in Poland by Adam Bromke, pp. 65-71
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      Politics and Economics in China by James R. Townsend, p. 72 - 2 Reviews
      1. Chinese Political Traditions by Franklin W. Houn
      2. Planning in Chinese Agriculture by Kenneth R. Walker
    17. [+]
      Review The Economy of Communist China, by Yuan-li Wu by Edwin F. Jones, p. 73 - 1 Review
      1. The Economy of Communist China by Yuan-li Wu
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      Review Scientific and Engineering Manpower in Communi... by James D. Seymour, p. 74 - 1 Review
      1. Scientific and Engineering Manpower in Communist China, 1949-1963 by Chu-yuan Cheng
    19. Music in Russia by Boris Schwarz, p. 74
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      Communism in Poland by Joseph Rothschild, p. 75 - 1 Review
      1. The Independent Satellite by Hansjakob Stehle
    21. [+]
      Economic Problems by Leon M. Herman, p. 76 - 1 Review
      1. The Economics of Competitive Coexistence by Cyril A. Zebot
    22. Reforms in Eastern Europe by Hans Jorg Pommer, pp. 77-80
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    November 1966 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. 1956---A Memoir by Joseph Starobin, p. 1
    2. Mao and the Permanent Purge by Harry Gelman, pp. 2-13
    3. A Nation in Agony by Theodore Hsi-en Chen, pp. 14-20
    4. The Great Splash Forward by Michael Freeberne, pp. 21-27
    5. Yugoslavia by Fred Warner Neal and Winston M. Fisk, pp. 28-36
    6. Hungary by Joseph Held, pp. 37-42
    7. Economic Reforms by Gregory Grossman, pp. 43-55
    8. Totalitarian Rule and Social Change by Boris Meissner, pp. 56-61
    9. Some Historical Parallels by Robert Strausz-Hupe, pp. 62-70
    10. Khrushchev Before and After by Peter Kenez, pp. 71-77
    11. [+]
      A Marxist Heroine by Abraham Ascher, pp. 78-80 - 1 Review
      1. Rosa Luxemburg by J.P. Nettl
    12. [+]
      Yugoslavia in Transition by Anthony Sylvester, pp. 81-82 - 1 Review
      1. Look East, Look West by David Tornquist
    13. [+]
      Politics, Old and New by Jerry F. Hough, p. 83 - 1 Review
      1. Russian Political Institutions by Derek J.R. Scott
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      Review The New Economics, by E.A. Preobrazhensky by Leon Herman, p. 83 - 1 Review
      1. The New Economics by E.A. Preobrazhensky
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      Review Struggle for the World: The Cold War, 1917-196... by Morton Schwartz, p. 84 - 1 Review
      1. Struggle for the World: The Cold War, 1917-1965 by Desmond Donnelly
    16. [+]
      The Muslim East by Geoffrey Wheeler, p. 85 - 1 Review
      1. Islam and Capitalism by Maxime Rodinson
    17. [+]
      Soviet Nationalities by Michael Rywkin, p. 85 - 1 Review
      1. The Soviet Empire
    18. Soviet Literature by Thomas Weiss, p. 86
    19. Peking and the Indian CP by Hemen Ray, pp. 87-92
    20. Pravda Herr Goebbels and Problems of Communism, pp. 93-96
    21. Correspondence, pp. 97-100
    22. Index to Vol. XV, pp. 101-104
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  Issues of 1989 = 5 Issues, 46 Articles
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  Issues of 1992 = 3 Issues, 66 Articles