Includes index. Translation from the Russian.

The road to happiness -- The main enemy -- Why arms for the Communists? -- Why Stalin partitioned Poland -- The pact and its results -- When did the Soviet Union enter World War II? -- 'Extending the foundations of war' -- Why Howitzer artillery for the chekists? -- Why the security zone was dismantled on the eve of war -- Why Stalin abolished the Stalin line -- Partisans or Saboteurs? -- Why did Stalin need ten airborne assault corps? -- The winged tank -- On to Berlin -- The marine infantry in the forests of Byelorussia -- What are 'armies of covering forces'? -- Mountain divisions on the Steppes of the Ukraine -- The purpose of the first strategic echelon -- Stalin in May -- Words and actions -- Living peaceably with sharp teeth -- The TASS report -- The military districts -- The black divisions -- The Kombrigs and the Komdivs -- Why the second strategic Echelon was formed -- Undeclared war -- Why Stalin deployed the fronts -- Why Stalin did not trust Churchill -- Why Stalin did not trust Richard Sorge -- How Hitler frustrated Stalin's war -- Did Stalin have a war plan? -- The war which never was.