| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | Why Did Soviet Bolshevism Fail? | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | The Authoritarian Constitution | 22 |
| Ch. 3 | Creating the Constitution of Bolshevism, 1917-1953 | 41 |
| Ch. 4 | Reciprocal Accountability, 1953-1986 | 66 |
| Ch. 5 | Balanced Leadership, 1953-1986 | 94 |
| Ch. 6 | Institutionalized Stagnation | 119 |
| Ch. 7 | The Domestic Policy Spiral | 144 |
| Ch. 8 | The Dialectics of Military Planning | 177 |
| Ch. 9 | The Failure of Constitutional Reform, 1987-1991 | 210 |
| Ch. 10 | Can Authoritarian Institutions Survive? | 246 |
| Notes | 255 |
| Select Bibliography | 307 |
| Index | 311 |
