Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction: Perspectives and Sources 1
6. Building Lenin’s Dream: The MVEEC and Soviet Electrification, 1922-27 13
7. The MVEEC and the Stalin Revolution, 1927-33 29
8. The Politics of Crisis Diplomacy 47
9. In the Bowels of the Lubianka 97
10. The Metro-Vickers Show Trial 113
11. Crisis Contained 153
12. Conclusions 177
13. Appendices 181
14. Bibliography 189
15. Index 199