** Introduction
** The Three Conceptions of the Russian Revolution before 1917
** From 1905 to the First World War
** The Disasters of the War
** The February Revolution
** The Provisional Government
** The April Theses
** From July to October
** The October Revolution
** The Bolshevik Regime
** The Civil War and War Communism (1918-1921)
** The NEP (1921-1927)
** The Triumph of the Stalinist Bureaucracy
** The International Characteristics of Stalinism
** Conclusions
** Epilogue: The Communist Left Against Stalinism and Leninist Ideology