Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations, Acronyms, Technical Terms, and Conventions -- Note on References -- 1 The Dictator and Defense -- 2 Before Stalinism: The Early 1920s -- 3 Hierarchies and Markets: The Defense Industry Under Stalin -- 4 Planning the...

1. Prelude to the Brezhnev era -- 2. The early Brezhnev years : 1964-1968 -- 3. The middle Brezhnev years : 1969-1975 -- 4. The late Brezhnev years : 1976-1981 -- 5. Conclusion : the evolution of Soviet military thinking about conflict in the Third World.