PROBLEMS OF RUSSIAN HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY

The present international crisis goes beyond the usual difficulties experienced by a coalition on the morrow of victory. Its real source is the profound divergence in objectives, methods and principles between the Western democracies and the Soviet Union. In this controversy, the aggressive part has been played by the Soviet Union with the democracies on the defensive. Thus the single major disturbing factor in the present international situation is the foreign policy of the Soviet Government. This policy is disturbing a) because of its dynamic expansionism (acquisition of territory and extension of spheres of influence).