Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction: The Paradox of Power 1
7. PART I. PREPARING FOR WAR
8. 1. Mobilization and Repression at the Centre 11
9. 2. Mobilization and Purges on the Peripheries 59
10. PART II. FIGHTING THE WAR
11. 3. Forging the Sinews of War 87
12. 4. The Scientific and Technical Intelligentsia 134
13. 5. On the Cultural Front 161
14. PART III. WINNING THE PEACE
15. 6. A Pyrrhic Victory? 217
16. Epilogue: Remembering the War 265
17. Chronology 269
18. Glossary 271
19. Abbreviations 273
20. Notes 274
21. Bibliography 320
22. Index 344