Doctrine Of Peaceful Coexistence Summary

Dan Longarino: Scholarly Article Critique I The Historical Origins of the Soviet Doctrine of Peaceful Coexistence is Warren Lerner’s historical overview of Soviet Russia’s attempt to practice a peaceful foreign policy while at the same, perhaps time maintaining the goal of “world revolution”. Lerner, an Assistant Professor of History at Duke University, points out that while Khrushchev claimed the Soviets proclaimed peaceful coexistence as the basic principle of their foreign policy, the state’s history indicates that “world revolution” was in main goal as opposed to “peaceful coexistence”.
In a very well written article, Lerner’s purpose is to examine Khrushchev’s persistent stance on achieving a worldwide “peaceful coexistence”, while