Feeding the German Eagle: Soviet Economic Aid to Nazi Germany, 1933-1941

Of Politics And War Economies -- Murphy's Law -- Traditional Interdependence -- World War I -- The Have-nots Have Each Other, 1919-27 -- The First Five-year Plan, 1928-32 -- Paying For The First Five-year Plan, 1933-34 -- The New Economic Order, April 9, 1935 -- Failed Economic Partnership -- First Failure: Schacht's Plan, April 29, 1936 -- Second Failure: Goring's Plan, December 24, 1936 -- Third Failure: The Purges, March 1, 1938 -- Fourth Failure: Schulenburg's Plan, December 19, 1938 -- Fifth Failure: Schnurre's Aborted Visit, January 28, 1939 -- Sixth Failure: Schulenburg In Moscow, March 11, 1939 -- Talking About Talking -- First Soundings, April 17 -- Molotov's Maybe, May 20 -- More Soundings, June 17 -- Talks Reopened, July 21 -- Restored Economic Partnership -- Dining Out, July 26 -- Economic End Game, August 12 -- The Final Go-ahead, August 19 -- Toward An Economic Alliance -- Political End Game, August 23 -- War Begins, September 1 -- Dividing Poland, September 17 -- Collusion In The Kremlin, September 28 -- The German Plan -- Ritter And Schnurre Fly To Moscow, October 7 -- The Soviet Slow And Steady, October 22 -- Ritter Returns, October 26 -- The Soviet Plan -- Men In Suits, November 7 -- The Soviet Offer, November 30 -- The Delegates Depart, December 13 -- The Final Plan: Part I -- First Moscow Economic Summit, December 31 -- Second Moscow Economic Summit, January 29, 1940 -- Third Moscow Economic Summit, February 8 -- Signing On The Dotted Line, February 11 -- Gas And Grain For Coal And Cruisers. Edward E. Ericson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [241]-253) And Index.