LENNART SAMUELSON acquired his academic training at the University of Stockholm where he was Lecturer in Economic History. He received his Ph.D. in economic history at the Stockholm School of Economics. He is Assistant Professor to the Institute for Research in Economic History and holds a research post at the National Defence College, Stockholm.

• List of Tables Glossary of Russian Terms Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Visions of Future War Organising for Modern Total War, 1921-1928 Launching the First Five-Year Plan Changing Military Requirements, 1931-1932 New Threat Assessments and War Plans, 1933-1936 Plans for Red Army Expansion, 1933-1937 Terror and War-Economic Planning, 1937-1941 Conclusion Appendices Notes Sources and Literature Index