Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: The Model of Revolution from Above; 2. The Breakdown of Institutional and Political Unity; 3. The Organization of Political Groups in the Party-State and Society; 4. Dual Sovereignty from Above and the XXVIII CPSU Congress; 5. The First Soviet Pact-Making Episode; 6. Gorbachev's Turn to the ""Right; 7. Reaction, Polarization, and Revolutionary Crisis Politics; 8. The Nascent Soviet Transition Pact; 9. The Hardline August Coup
10. The Revolutionary Seizure of Power and the Aborted Soviet Pact11. Tentative Conclusions About Russia and the Revolution from Above; Bibliography; Index
