A Note About Abbreviations and Acronyms xi
Maps Eastern Europe, 1945
xv
Poland, 1939 xvi
Poland, 1945 xvii
Introduction xix
PART ONE FALSE DAWN
1 Zero Hour
3(20)
2 Victors
23(20)
3 Communists
43(21)
4 Policemen
64(24)
5 Violence
88(28)
6 Ethnic Cleansing
116(32)
7 Youth
148(26)
8 Radio
174(18)
9 Politics
192(31)
10 Economics
223(26)
PART TWO HIGH STALINISM
11 Reactionary Enemies
249(26)
12 Internal Enemies
275(25)
13 Homo Sovieticus
300(31)
14 Socialist Realism
331(30)
15 Ideal Cities
361(25)
16 Reluctant Collaborators
386(26)
17 Passive Opponents
412(23)
18 Revolutions
435(28)
Epilogue 463(8)
Acknowledgments 471(2)
Interviewees 473(2)
Notes 475(50)
Select Bibliography 525(18)
Illustration Credits 543(2)
Index 545