Table of Contents

Series Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Stalin’s rise and rule, 2. Stalinist politics and terror, 3. Stalin’s economic policies, 4. Society and culture, 5. Stalin’s foreign policy, 1929–41, 6. The Soviet Union at war, 1941–5, 7. Stalin’s post-war regime, 1945–53, 8. An overall summary, Notes, Bibliography, Index