How the Cold war began / Staughton Lynd -- Negotiating with the Russians / James B. Reston -- The United States and Russia / Richard W. Van Alstyne -- The sources of Soviet conduct / George F. Kennan -- Russian imperialism or communist aggression? / Michael M. Karpovich -- Communist ideology : key to Soviet policy / Zbigniew Brzezinski -- What the Russians mean / Robert V. Daniels -- National interest : key to Soviet politics / Samuel L. Sharp -- Peaceful coexistence : the Russian view / Nikita S. Khrushchev -- The meanings of coexistence / Philip E. Mosely -- The Russian riddle / Frederick L. Schuman