Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. “We are not accustomed to waiting”: Soviet Russia, the German revolution, and eastern Europe 11
7. Audiatur et alter a pars: The Soviets propose peace 22
8. “Concessions to imperialism”: Soviet Russia and the Bullitt Mission 34
9. Defence against “disguised intervention” Soviet policy in the Baltic and Poland 55
10. “The Intruder”: Soviet Russia and the final months of the Paris peace conference 71
11. “Don’t halloo until you’re out of the woods”: Soviet nationalities policy and the Baltic 85
12. The end of “spontaneous victories”: Ukraine, Hungary, and Bessarabia 106
13. The peace ofDorpat: “A dress rehearsal for an agreement with the Entente” 119
14. “Co-existence of socialist and capitalist states”: The Soviet initiation of peace negotiations with Great Britain 147
15. “We should take Baku”: Soviet policy in the Caucasus, 1919-1920 168
16. “Astoundingly attractive offers”: Attempted peace negotiations with Poland 191
17. “A frantic acceleration of the offensive against Poland”: Soviet policy in eastern Europe, April-August 1920 213
18. “The policy of the bayonet, as usual, has broken down”: The end of the Polish ephemeron 231
19. Seeking a “substitute” for peace: Anglo-Soviet negotiations, May-November 1920 248
20. Final French failure: The preliminary peace of Riga and the destruction of Wrangel 272
21. “Getting Poland away from the Entente” Soviet-German relations 289
22. “The right to an independent existence” The treaties with Britain, Poland, and Germany 311
23. Federation and alliance: Soviet policy in Southwest Asia, 1920-1927 344
24. “Not a step further towards the East”: The creation of the Far Eastern Republic 374
25. Conclusion 400
26. Abbreviations 417
27. Notes 419
28. Bibliography 471
29. Index 493