PART Ⅰ THE SCISSORS CRISIS 1
Chapter 1．MARKING TIME 3
Chapter 2．THE PLIGHT OF LABOUR 39
Chapter 3．THE CRISIS BREAKS 86
Chapter 4．THE CLOSING OF THE SCISSORS 118
PART Ⅱ THE CAPITALIST WORLD 151
Chapter 5．THE OCCUPATION OF THE RUHR 153
Chapter 6．THE CURZON ULTIMATUM 165
Chapter 7．COMMUNISM AND GERMAN NATIONALISM 174
Chapter 8．BULGARIA AND THE PEASANT 190
Chapter 9．THE GERMAN FIASCO 201
Chapter 10．RECOGNITION 243
PART Ⅲ THE TRIUMVIRATE IN POWER 255
Chapter 11．THE TRIUMVIRATE TAKES OVER 257
Chapter 12．STRAINS AND STRESSES 292
Chapter 13．THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TROTSKY 308
Chapter 14．THE DEATH OF LENIN 342
Note A．THE PLATFORM OF THE 46 367
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 375
INDEX 377