Chapters from the History of Relations between Countries with Different Social Systems

Yefim Chernyak, D. Sc. (Hist.), specialises in the theoretical aspects of world history, the social history of Great Britain, and the history of international relations. He has written more than a score of books and other works.

This book is the first study ever made of ambient conflicts in world history, that of confrontation in the sphere of relations between states with different social systems.

The book may be recommended as a highly academic study and an original form of analysis abounding in descriptions of historical episodes and thumbnail portrayals of historical figures.

Designed by Vadim Novikov

Translated from the Russian by Vic Schneierson

You can get the book here and here.

This is a cleaned, optimised version of scan  by Ismail, sent to him by Nathan O’Connor.
From Thomas Mrett’s collection on the Archive.

In Lieu of a Foreword 5
Holy Throne and Holy Empire 11
Divided Europe 19
A Mirage 24
Humanists and Jesuits 33
He Who Holds Power, His Is the Faith 40
Bloody Mary 49
The Sack of Rome 52
A Sinister Trinity 58
The Ottoman Invasion 70
At the Walls of Vienna 76
The “Golden Age” of Persecutions 84
The Profane Alliance 89
The Letter of Francis I 94
The Shadow of El Escorial Over Europe 100
Act Two 112
The Vindication of Catherine de Medici 118
A Web of Conspiracies 135
One More Onslaught 151
The Barricades of Henry Guise and the Mass of Henry of Navarre 156
Decline and Fall 176
Behind Ravaillac’s Back 219
The Astrologer 224
A Breather Before the Thirty Years War 234
Cardinal Richelieu and Anne of Austria 242
Retribution 258
An Endless Epilogue 264
From the Skies Down to Earth 280
The Roots and Fruits of Education 292
“Revolutionary War” Advocated 301
The Motley Coalition 307
Antipodes that Resemble Each Other 319
A Penetrating Cynicism 332
Controversy Over the Holy Alliance 338
The First Thirty Years 353
Struggle of the Worlds 372