'Since he came to power in the mid-1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev has indicated that he wants to reduce the resource drain on the USSR and its allies in defending … weak Marxist-Leninist regimes. Nevertheless, Marxist revolution in the third world has been a persistent phenomenon of the twentieth century, and it could remain so into the twenty-first. It is important to understand the past relationship between the USSR and Marxist revolution in order to understand how this relationship might evolve in the future.' Mark N. Katz

• Acknowledgments; Introduction Mark N. Katz; 1. Successes and failures in Soviet policy toward Marxist revolutions in the third world, 1917–85 S. Neil MacFarlane; 2. Soviet military support for third-world Marxist regimes Wayne P. Limberg; 3. Gorbachev and revolution Mark N. Katz; 4. Gorbachev's policies toward the third world William E. Griffith; About the authors; Index.

'Since he came to power in the mid-1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev has indicated that he wants to reduce the resource drain on the USSR and its allies in defending … weak Marxist-Leninist regimes. Nevertheless, Marxist revolution in the third world has been a persistent phenomenon of the twentieth century, and it could remain so into the twenty-first. It is important to understand the past relationship between the USSR and Marxist revolution in order to understand how this relationship might evolve in the future.' Mark N. Katz

• Acknowledgments; Introduction Mark N. Katz; 1. Successes and failures in Soviet policy toward Marxist revolutions in the third world, 1917–85 S. Neil MacFarlane; 2. Soviet military support for third-world Marxist regimes Wayne P. Limberg; 3. Gorbachev and revolution Mark N. Katz; 4. Gorbachev's policies toward the third world William E. Griffith; About the authors; Index.

'Since he came to power in the mid-1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev has indicated that he wants to reduce the resource drain on the USSR and its allies in defending … weak Marxist-Leninist regimes. Nevertheless, Marxist revolution in the third world has been a persistent phenomenon of the twentieth century, and it could remain so into the twenty-first. It is important to understand the past relationship between the USSR and Marxist revolution in order to understand how this relationship might evolve in the future.' Mark N. Katz

• Acknowledgments; Introduction Mark N. Katz; 1. Successes and failures in Soviet policy toward Marxist revolutions in the third world, 1917–85 S. Neil MacFarlane; 2. Soviet military support for third-world Marxist regimes Wayne P. Limberg; 3. Gorbachev and revolution Mark N. Katz; 4. Gorbachev's policies toward the third world William E. Griffith; About the authors; Index.