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16. Entertainments

  • Bertrand M. Patenaude
© 2022 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

© 2022 Stanford University Press, Redwood City

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. Preface xiii
  5. Prologue: Future Corpses 1
  6. Part One THE BATTLEFIELD OF FAMINE RUSSIA's CRISIS AND AMERICA'S RESPONSE
  7. 1. Going In 7
  8. 2. Food and Weapons 28
  9. 3. The Kingdom of Hunger 49
  10. 4. Making the Show a Go 74
  11. 5. The Neck of the Bottle 103
  12. 6. Haskell at the Bat 118
  13. 7. Home Front 133
  14. 8. Putting the Job Over 148
  15. 9. The Gift Horse 172
  16. Part Two LOVE AND DEATH ON THE VOLGA
  17. 10. Theaters of Action 221
  18. 11. Funerals 236
  19. 12. Travelers 244
  20. 13. Gunmen 249
  21. 14. Tales of Cannibalism 262
  22. 15. Flight of the Flivver 271
  23. 16. Entertainments 275
  24. 17. Entr'acte 285
  25. 18. Backstage 294
  26. 19. Entanglements 302
  27. 20. Denouement 312
  28. Part Three SAY IT AIN'T SO, COMRADE AMERICAN ADVENTURES IN THE COMMUNIST UTOPIA
  29. 21. Red Days in Russia 335
  30. 22. Comrade Eiduk 346
  31. 23. Comrade Skvortsov 354
  32. 24. The Professor and the Sailor 367
  33. 25. And the Show Whirled Merrily On 376
  34. 26. Food as a Weapon 393
  35. 27. Shoot the Interpreter 412
  36. 28. Vodka as a Weapon 429
  37. 29. Machine Politics 452
  38. 30. Playing the Game 470
  39. Part Four MASTERS OF EFFICIENCY YOUTHFUL AMERICA CONFRONTS ETERNAL RUSSIA
  40. 31. A Taste of Power 501
  41. 32. Conquering New Worlds 520
  42. 33. From the Bell Tower 534
  43. 34. Time Meant Nothing 564
  44. 35. The Business of Relief 586
  45. 36. We Are All Thieves 614
  46. 37. The Mask of Mammon 629
  47. 38. Stealing the Thunder 644
  48. 39. Mad Monks and Holy Fools 654
  49. 40. Dangerous Men in Russia 667
  50. 41. The Wind and the Sun 691
  51. Epilogue: Since Then 725
  52. Appendix: Riga Agreement 745
  53. Notes 751
  54. Bibliography 781
  55. Index 791
  56. Acknowledgments 818
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