Abbreviations
Foreword
THE WORLD IN FLAMES
Chapter 1: Dies Irae
Chapter 2: Andrei Nekrassov
THE BALANCE OF POWER
Chapter 3: The State of the Alliance
Chapter 4: Nuclear Arsenals
Chapter 5: Weapons
Chapter 6: The Air Dimension
Chapter 7: The Warsaw Pact
Chapter 8: Plans for War: Politburo Debates
Chapter 9: Nekrassov’s View
Chapter 10: Ireland
WAR
Chapter 11: The Central Front
Chapter 12: The Scandinavian Campaign
Chapter 13 War at Sea
Chapter 14: War in the Air
Chapter 15: Conflict in Space
VITAL PERIPHERIES
Chapter 16: The Elephant Trap; Central America
Chapter 17: The Middle East
Chapter 18: Southern Africa
Chapter 19: The Far East
THE END AND A BEGINNING
Chapter 20: The Destruction of Minsk
Chapter 21: Soviet Disintegration
Chapter 22: The Experience of Defeat
Chapter 23: A New World
Postscript I
Postscript II
Author's Notes and Acknowledgements
