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Abbreviations and Glossary | |
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Note on Russian Spelling and Dates | |
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Maps | |
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Introduction | |
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Lenin's Communist Dictatorship | |
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The First World War and the Russian Revolution | |
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On the Way to Communist Dictatorship | |
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Civil Wars in the Soviet Union | |
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The Rise of German National Socialism | |
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Nazism and the Threat of Bolshevism | |
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First Nazi Attempt to Seize Power | |
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Hitler Starts Over | |
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Stalin Triumphs over Political Rivals | |
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Battle for Communist Utopia | |
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Lenin's Passing, Stalin's Victory | |
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Stalin's New Initiatives | |
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Stalin Solidifies His Grip | |
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Germans Make a Pact with Hitler | |
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Nazi Party as Social Movement | |
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Nazism Exploits Economic Distress | |
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"All Power" for Hitler | |
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Stalin's Reign of Terror | |
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Fight Against the Countryside | |
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Terror as Political Practice | |
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"Mass Operations" | |
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"Cleansing" the Soviet Elite | |
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Hitler's War Against Democracy | |
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Winning Over the Nation | |
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Dictatorship by Consent | |
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Persecution of the Jews in the Prewar Years | |
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"Cleansing" the German Body Politic | |
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Stalin and Hitler: Into the Social Catastrophe | |
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Rival Visions of World Conquest | |
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German Racial Persecution Begins in Poland | |
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Hitler and Western Europe | |
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The Soviet Response | |
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The War Spreads | |
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Hitler's War on "Jewish Bolshevism" | |
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War of Extermination as Nazi Crusade | |
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War Against the Communists: Operation Barbarossa | |
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War Against the Jews: Death Squads in the East | |
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The "Final Solution" and Death Camps | |
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Hitler's Defeat and Stalin's Agenda | |
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Greatest Crisis in Stalin's Career | |
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Between Surrender and Defiance | |
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Soviets Hold On, Hitler Grows Vicious | |
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Ethnic Cleansing in Wartime Soviet Union | |
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Final Struggle | |
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From Stalingrad to Berlin | |
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Stalin Takes the Upper Hand | |
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End of the Third Reich | |
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Epilogue | |
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Notes | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Index | |
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Photographic Credits | |