Table of Contents
Preface ix
Abbreviations xv
The Soviet People and Stalin between War and Peace, 1945 1
Stalin's Road to the Cold War, 1945-1948 29
Stalemate in Germany, 1945-1953 62
Kremlin Politics and "Peaceful Coexistence," 1953-1957 94
The Nuclear Education of Khrushchev, 1953-1963 123
The Soviet Home Front: First Cracks, 1953-1968 163
Brezhnev and the Road to Detente, 1965-1972 192
Detente's Decline and Soviet Overreach, 1973-1979 227
The Old Guard's Exit, 1980-1987 265
Gorbachev and the End of Soviet Power, 1988-1991 303
Epilogue 336
Notes 345
Bibliography 417
Index 455