E. A. REES is Professor of East European History at the European University Institute, Florence. He is the author of State Control in Soviet Russia and Stalinism and Soviet Rail Transport. This book is the final volume of a series of works exploring the nature of decision-making under Stalin. The two earlier volumes which Professor Rees has edited are Decision-Making in the Stalinist Command Economy, 1932-1937 and Centre-Local Relations in the Stalinist State, 1928-1941.

"[H]ighly recommended for the serious student of Soviet and Russian history." - Journal of Slavic Military Studies

• List of Tables Preface Notes on Contributors Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Introduction Stalin as Leader, 1924-1937: From Oligarch to Dictator; E.A.Rees An Elite within an Elite: Politburo/Presidium Membership Under Stalin, 1927-1953; E.Mawdsley From Team-Stalin to Degenerate Tyranny; S.G.Wheatcroft The Politburo and the Economic Policy-Making; R.W.Davies, M. Ilic & O.Khlevnyuk The Politburo and Foreign Policy in the 1930s; D.Watson The Ukrainian Politburo, 1934-1937; V.Vasiliev Stalin as Leader, 1937-1953: From Dictator to Despot; E.A.Rees Appendix 1: Changes in the Membership of the Politburo/Presidium 1927-1957 Appendix 2: The Fate of Members and Candidate Members of the Politburo, June 1924 - October 1952 Bibliography Name Index Subject Index