'Heywood's book makes an important contribution to our understanding of Soviet economic development in the early 1920s. By integrating policies, politics, and people, he has shed light on what was a more complex and bitterly fought issue than previously thought. Cambridge University Press is to be congratulated for including so many interesting photographs and a full bibliography.' Slavic Review

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Towards Economic Reconstruction, 1917–20: The Birth of the Railway Imports Policy: 1. Prologue; 2. The revolutionary railway vision; Part II. Trade and Isolation, 1920–1: Implementing the Railway Imports Policy: 3. Krasin's first results; 4. Approaches to Britain and Germany; 5. Second thoughts; Part III. Retreat, 1921–4: 6. The new order; 7. Denouement; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

'Heywood's book makes an important contribution to our understanding of Soviet economic development in the early 1920s. By integrating policies, politics, and people, he has shed light on what was a more complex and bitterly fought issue than previously thought. Cambridge University Press is to be congratulated for including so many interesting photographs and a full bibliography.' Slavic Review

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Towards Economic Reconstruction, 1917–20: The Birth of the Railway Imports Policy: 1. Prologue; 2. The revolutionary railway vision; Part II. Trade and Isolation, 1920–1: Implementing the Railway Imports Policy: 3. Krasin's first results; 4. Approaches to Britain and Germany; 5. Second thoughts; Part III. Retreat, 1921–4: 6. The new order; 7. Denouement; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.