What Stalin knew : the enigma of Barbarossa

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Sources......Page 12
Introduction: Stalin’s Absolute Control, Misconceptions, and Disastrous Decisions......Page 16
Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 22
CHAPTER 1 Stalin versus Hitler: Background......Page 26
CHAPTER 2 The Outspoken General: Ivan Iosifovich Proskurov......Page 32
CHAPTER 3 Proskurov Sets Stalin Straight......Page 39
CHAPTER 4 Soviet Borders Move Westward......Page 54
CHAPTER 5 The Finns Fight: Proskurov Made a Scapegoat......Page 72
CHAPTER 6 Soviet Military Intelligence Residencies in Western Europe......Page 87
CHAPTER 7 Soviet Military Intelligence Residencies in Eastern Europe......Page 96
CHAPTER 8 Who Were You, Dr. Sorge? Stalin Never Heard of You.......Page 109
CHAPTER 9 NKVD Foreign Intelligence......Page 116
CHAPTER 10 Fitin’s Recruited Spies......Page 122
CHAPTER 11 Listening to the Enemy......Page 133
CHAPTER 12 Working on the Railroad......Page 154
CHAPTER 13 The Border Troops Knew......Page 161
CHAPTER 14 Proskurov Is Fired......Page 174
CHAPTER 15 Golikov and Operation Sea Lion......Page 182
CHAPTER 16 ‘‘We Do Not Fire on German Aircraft in Peacetime’’......Page 199
CHAPTER 17 German Deception: Why Did Stalin Believe It?......Page 210
CHAPTER 18 Secret Letters......Page 222
CHAPTER 19 The Purges Revived......Page 229
CHAPTER 20 On the Eve......Page 241
CHAPTER 21 A Summer of Torture......Page 253
CHAPTER 22 The Final Reckoning......Page 269
Conclusion: Will the Future Be a Repeat of the Past?......Page 282
Appendix 1: Organization and Functions of Soviet Military Intelligence......Page 290
Appendix 2: Hitler’s Letters to Stalin......Page 293
Appendix 3: Those Executed without Trial on October 28, 1941......Page 296
Appendix 4: Chronology of Agent Reporting......Page 298
Glossary of Spies and Their Masters......Page 301
Notes......Page 312
Index......Page 338