The Kremlin Conspiracy

by Boyd, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780711034440
• ISBN10: 0711034443
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-07
• Publisher: Ian Allen Pub

Summary

Begun while the author was in solitary confinement in a Stasi political prison, this history of 1,000 years of Russian expansionism is essential reading for everyone who wants to understand Russia now. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 8
Introduction	p. 18
Hot Wars	p. 23
Genghis Khan, Uncle Joe and Vlad the Gasman	p. 24
Slaves, Amber, Furs and Terror	p. 34
A Time of Giants: Peter and Catherine; Alexis and Napoleon	p. 43
Collision in the Crimea	p. 52
Lies, Spies and Blood in the Streets	p. 58
Death in Sarajevo, Money in the Bank	p. 70
The Rainbow of Death	p. 81
War by Other Means	p. 93
The Comintern: War on the Cheap	p. 94
Secret Agents in Skirts	p. 102
Famine, Purges and Bundles of Used Notes	p. 110
One Man, One Pistol, One Month = 6,287 Men Dead	p. 126
The Politburo Takes a Short Ride	p. 139
My Enemy's Enemy is also My Enemy	p. 148
Poor Poland!	p. 157
A Very Different Kind of Warfare	p. 167
Cold War	p. 181
Big Bangs and a Long Telegram	p. 182
Living on the Far Side of the Moon	p. 189
A Daughter Back from the Dead	p. 197
The Proxy War that Cost Four Million Lives	p. 210
The Deadly Game of Dominoes	p. 217
Voting with Their Feet	p. 228
Khrushchev's Sonofabitch	p. 239
Spring Forward, Fall Back	p. 250
Roll to your Rifle and Blow Out your Brains	p. 259
And All Erich's Men ...	p. 269
The End of the Evil Empire	p. 278
The Making of the President, Russian-style	p. 287
Acknowledgements	p. 300
Glossary, including titles of Soviet and Russian security services	p. 302
Notes and sources	p. 310
Further reading in English	p. 323
Index	p. 324
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