Soviet Foreign Policy After Stalin, first published in 1962, examines the legacy of Stalin's policy of Soviet imperialism. It looks at the transition, the uprisings in Europe, the stance towards the 'uncommitted nations', Sino-Soviet relations, the ascent of Khrushchev and the stiffening of the Soviet view toward the West.

Part 1. The International Situation of the Soviet Union at the End of the Stalin Era 1. Stalin and his Lieutenants in Foreign Affairs 2. Stalin's Empire Building 3. Germany: the Big Issue 4. The Far East 5. The Deadlock Part 2. The Malenkov-Molotov Era 6. The Death of the Leader 7. Relaxation 8. The Course in Respect to the West 9. Conferences and Crises 10. The 'People's Democracies' 11. The Middle East 12. The Ascendancy of Nikita Khrushchev Part 3. The First Khrushchev Era 13. The Session of the Central Committee of July, 1955 14. The Thaw and its Limits 15. 'Relaxation of Tensions' 16. The Uncommitted Nations 17. The Twentieth Party Congress and Foreign Affairs 18. Ferment in Eastern Europe Part 4. The New Course in the Middle and Far East 19. The Middle East 20. Moscow and Peking Part 5. Khrushchev in Command 21. The Year of Troubles 22. The Crisis of Neutralism 23. New Impetus in China 24. Germany