Mechanisms of power in the Soviet Union

Foreword Editor's Note Notes on the Contributors PART I: THE SYSTEM - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION The Soviet Mechanism of Power and the Fall of the Soviet Union G.Gill The Strength and Weaknesses of Stalin's Power I.V.Pavlova The Importance of the Secret Apparatus of the Communist Party During the Stalin Era N.E.Rosenfeldt The Moscow Headquarters of the Comintern: Departments, Leading Organs, Soviet Influence and Decision Making P.Huber The Soviet Intelligence Services and the Government: Information and Military-Political Decisions from the 1920s to the Early 1950s V.V.Poznyakov The Transformation of the Policy of Extraordinary Measures into a Permanent System of Government G.A.Bordiougov PART II: FOREIGN POLICY - ASPECTS OF DECISION-MAKING AND COMMUNICATION The Making of Propaganda Concerning USSR Foreign Policy 1939-1941 V.A.Nevezhin The USSR's Decision to Begin the 'Winter War' 1939-1940 V.N.Baryshnikov Room for Discussion - The Correspondence of Narkomindel and the Soviet Embassy in Denmark R.Haue Soviet Remote Control: The Island of Bornholm as a Relay Station in Soviet-Danish Relations 1945-1971 B.Jensen Making Foreign Policy Under Stalin: The Case of Korea K.Weathersby The Soviet Union and the Origins of the Warsaw Pact in 1955 V.Mastny Index

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