CONTENTS

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Notes on Transliteration and Archival Materials
  5. Introduction
  6. Part I. The Big Picture
  7. Chapter 1 - Soviet Military Counterintelligence: An Overview
  8. Part II. The Roots of SMERSH
  9. Chapter 2 - Stalin’s Ruling Mechanism
  10. Chapter 3 - Laws and Tribunals
  11. Chapter 4 - Highest Courts
  12. Chapter 5 - Division of Europe
  13. Chapter 6 - On the Verge of the War
  14. Chapter 7 - The Scapegoats: Hunting for Generals
  15. Chapter 8 - Directorate of Special Departments (UOO)
  16. Part III. Military Counterintelligence: July 1941–April 1943
  17. Chapter 9 - At the Moscow Gates
  18. Chapter 10 - More About OOs
  19. Chapter 11 - Alleged New Traitors (Late 1941–Early 1943)
  20. Chapter 12 - Special Tasks of the OOs
  21. Part IV. German Intelligence Services at the Eastern Front
  22. Chapter 13 - German Military Intelligence at the Eastern Front
  23. Chapter 14 - Abwehr’s Failures and Successes
  24. Chapter 15 - German Intelligence and Occupation
  25. Part V. The Birth of SMERSH
  26. Chapter 16 - The Birth of SMERSH
  27. Chapter 17 - Leaders of SMERSH
  28. Part VI. SMERSH in Action: 1943–44
  29. Chapter 18 - General Activity
  30. Chapter 19 - Against Our Own People
  31. Chapter 20 - First Trials of War Criminals
  32. Part VII. Toward Berlin
  33. Chapter 21 - Crossing the Border
  34. Chapter 22 - In the Heart of Europe
  35. Chapter 23 - Berlin and Prague Are Taken
  36. Chapter 24 - The End of Abwehr
  37. Part VIII. The End of WWII
  38. Chapter 25 - Investigations in Moscow
  39. Chapter 26 - War with Japan
  40. Part IX. SMERSH After the War: 1945–46
  41. Chapter 27 - In Europe and at Home
  42. Chapter 28 - The SMERSH Team in Nuremberg
  43. Epilogue. The Road to the Top: Abakumov Becomes a Minister
  44. Index
  45. Plates
  46. Also by the Author
  47. Copyright

Extra web content located on http://www.smershbook.com:

Appendix I. Red Army and Navy Officers Arrested During WWII

Appendix II. Foreign Diplomats Arrested by SMERSH from 1944 to 1945

Appendix III. Finnish Persons Arrested by SMERSH in April, 1945