I should like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have
helped me during the writing of this book, especially Olga Crisp,
David Holloway and Peter Reddaway, who were kind enough to
read sections and comment critically on them. I am deeply indebted to
them. Of course they are in no way responsible for the shortcomings
of this work.

Many thanks are due to those who provided assistance, counsel,
information and insight during the preparation of the Second Edition,
especially Marie Broxup, John Channon and Robert Service. They are,
of course, in no way responsible for the shortcomings of this volume.

We are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce
copyright material:

Macmillan, London and Basingstoke and The University of North
Carolina Press for a table from Stalinist Planning for Economic Growth
1933-52 by Eugene Zaleski, translated from the French and edited by
Marie-Christine MacAndrew and John H. Moore. Copyright 1980 The
University of North Carolina Press; Praeger Publications Inc. for tables
from Soviet and Chinese Aid to African Nations by W. Weinstein and
T. H. Henriksen © 1980 Praeger Publications Inc.

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