Contents Preface Ill PART I: GENERAL STAFF IN MOSCOW CHAPTER PAGE I. Enter Ye! Here Live the Gods 1 Birth of an Idea—World Revolution Arrives in Russia —World Revolution Steps into the Arena—A Star Sinks in the West—The Founding Fathers—Second World Congress—Mass Theater on the Neva—Lenin's Vision —Leap to the West—The Army of International Revo lution—German-Russian Unity—Latin Misunderstand ings—Flaming Orient—Zinoviev's Triumph II. Giants and Pigmies (From the Papers of Comrade X) 34 Call to Moscow—Riddle of Kronstadt—Mission to Ber lin—Confusion in the High Command—Jeanne and the Besprizorny — Parliament of Revolution — Lenin—"We are not to blame that we are Italians!"—Karl Radek, Mephistopheles of the Comintern — Revolutionary Laughter—Nicolai Bukharin—High Command With out Lenin III. Financial Agent of the Comintern (From the Memoirs of Comrade Y) 67 Open Sesame—Diamonds in Transit—The Guardian of the Financial Grail IV. A Game of Bolshevik Poker 76 German-Russian Pact of 1921—Radek's Royal Flush V. Giants and Pigmies (Cont.) (From the Papers of Comrade X) 90 Lenin's Death and Stalin's Oath—Stalin Opens the Door of the High Command—Lux Decameron—The Pure and the Impure—Intermezzo in Esthonia—Man- uilsky's Follies—A Bomb Explodes in Sofia—World Revolution is Dead in Russia— Jeanne is Happy — Decision in the General StaE—Radek's Misery—Stalin Takes Over—American Interlude—First Purge in the Comintern VI. Financial Agent of the Comintern (Cont.) (From the Memoirs of Comrade Y) 126 Stalin Takes a Hand—Trouble-Shooter of the Com intern—As If It Had Never Been
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CHAPTER PAGE VII. Boris Savinkov: The Curse of the Precursors 143 Meeting at the Crossroads—Bow to the Soviet VIII. Georg Lukacz: Sorcerer's Appentice 152 Philosopher's Trip into the Revolution—Philosopher's Purgatory IX. Ernst Thaelmann or the Debacle of German Communism 160 A Game of Bolshevik Poker, Second Part—Aftermath X. Max Hoelz: Free Lance of the Revolution 169 Communist Robin Hood—Death on the Volga XI. Bohumir Smeral: Victim of An Oath 176 From the Hapsburgs to Lenin—Eternal Refugee XII. Heinz Neumann and Besso Lominadze —Stalin's Fair-Haired Sons 182 "You ought to be shot " — The Rabbit That Did Not Die — Trip into Power — Adventure in World Politics XIII. Willi Muenzenberg: Hearst of the Comintern 194 Communist Youth International—Big Business Com munism — Fellow Traveller Specialist — Cercle des Nations XIV. Christian Rakovsky: Revolutionary from the Balkans. 203 Grand Seigneur as Rebel—Red Ambassador—Submis sion to Stalin XV. Jacques Doriot: Renegade of the Revolution 211 Karl Liebknecht's Disciple in France—Mission to Abd- El-Krim—Hitler's Apprentice XVI. A ndre Marty: Underground General 219 Men of the First Hour—Spanish Executioner PART III: DECLINE OF WORLD REVOLUTION THE END OF THE COMINTERN XVII. Espionage Embroglio in the Comintern 225 Polish Prelude—The Affair of Sochatzki—Aftermath in the Comintern—The GPU Grows Spies—The Harvest is Gathered—End of the Polish Communists XVIII. The Strange Career of Georg Dimitrov 246 Career Begins in a Berlin Cafe—Dimitrov-Goering Duet — Triumph in Moscow CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE XIX. Trojan Horse of the Comintern 254 Stalin a Raison!—Enter Ye: Here Live the Gods (Sec ond Edition) —Le Fils du Peuple—"A Happy France, Free and Strong " — Spanish Interlude XX. Fellow Travellers, French Style 272 French Honeymoon—The Adventures of Andri Gide XXI. Death Without End.. 281 Lull Before the Storm—Zinoviev's End—"Socialism in One Country" — Radek Plays His Last Role—The Mystery of Nicolai Bukharin—Chips from the Poker Game—Ghosts of the Comintern—The Scales are Bal anced—Birth of the Fifth Column—The "Dr61e de Guerre" as Savior of French Communism PART IV: STALINTERN XXII. The Victor 315 Mystery of the Stalintern—"The Unbridgeable Chasm" —World Revolution or "Socialist Encirclement"—The Legitimate Revolution XXIII. Totalitarian Pan-Slavism 339 Stalin's Pilot in the Balkans — Tito's Partisans, Chef d'Oeuvre of the Stalintern — Stalintern Party in Bul garia—Plebiscite Democracy—Polish NKVD Revolution —The Good Soldier Schweyk, Soviet Edition—India on the Danube XXIV. German Foreign Legion 366 Wilhelm Pieck and Walter Ulbricht—"Wanderers into Nothingness" k la Stalin—The Western Free Germans —Stalin's Wacht am Rhein—Heroes Without Heroism —Soviet Germany Expendable—Unity Party XXV. The Stalintern Order .' 383 Totalitarian Centralism — The Stalintern Order — The Case of Earl Browder—Stalin's Master of Ceremonies XXVI. Dual Power on the Atlantic 396 France's New Robespierre — Stalin's Machiavelli in Rome XXVII. Stalintern of the Western Hemisphere 406 Pressure Groups—Fellow Travellers of the Stalintern, . Vintage 1945 XXVIII. Chinese Army Party 421 Prelude—Mao Tze Dun—The Victory of the Stalintern in Manchuria—Gate to the Southern Pacific XXIX. Era of Stalinism ? 436 Asiatic Socialism — Economy of Purge — Slaves of the Soviets—The Great Question Mark—Key Issue