Reviews the various interpretations of the U.S. intervention in Guatemala in 1954. Focuses on the work of historians and debates among the realists, revisionists, and postrevisionists. States that the historical literature on this topic can outline the series of events that led to the downfall of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. (CMK)

Maintains the contemporary political Soviet scene poses a major intellectual challenge to Western Sovietology. Analyzes reforms of the Gorbachev era and traces the development of change and the concepts of glasnost and perestroika. Discusses recent policies, problems, and strategies. Views revolution as a prolonged process. (NL)