Mechanisms of Power in the Soviet Union

Foreword Editor's Note Notes on the Contributors PART I: THE SYSTEM - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION The Soviet Mechanism of Power and the Fall of the Soviet Union; G.Gill The Strength and Weaknesses of Stalin's Power; I.V.Pavlova The Importance of the Secret Apparatus of the Communist Party During the Stalin Era; N.E.Rosenfeldt The Moscow Headquarters of the Comintern: Departments, Leading Organs, Soviet Influence and Decision Making; P.Huber The Soviet Intelligence Services and the Government: Information and Military-Political Decisions from the 1920s to the Early 1950s; V.V.Poznyakov The Transformation of the Policy of Extraordinary Measures into a Permanent System of Government; G.A.Bordiougov PART II: FOREIGN POLICY - ASPECTS OF DECISION-MAKING AND COMMUNICATION The Making of Propaganda Concerning USSR Foreign Policy 1939-1941; V.A.Nevezhin The USSR's Decision to Begin the 'Winter War' 1939-1940; V.N.Baryshnikov Room for Discussion - The Correspondence of Narkomindel and the Soviet Embassy in Denmark; R.Haue Soviet Remote Control: The Island of Bornholm as a Relay Station in Soviet-Danish Relations 1945-1971; B.Jensen Making Foreign Policy Under Stalin: The Case of Korea; K.Weathersby The Soviet Union and the Origins of the Warsaw Pact in 1955; V.Mastny Index