The Pursuit of power: The Seedbed of revolution -- Bolshevism before 1917 -- The Road to power -- The Dynamics of power -- The Role of the party: The Dictatorship of the party in theory and practice -- The Growth of the party apparatus -- Party organization, activities, and problems -- The Composition and social structure of the party -- The Komsomol-youth under dictatorship -- The Party command-politburo and presidium -- Instruments of rule: Constitutional myths and political realities -- The Contorl of the bureaucracy-public administration in the Soviet Union -- Terro as a system of power -- The Party and the armed forces -- Controls and tensions: Controls and tensions in the Soviet factory -- Controls and tensions in Soviet agriculture -- The Political cohesivences of the Soviet system

1. Russia Politics and government 1917-