The contribution of the Soviet archives / Joseph S. Berliner -- The dictator's orders / Paul R. Gregory -- Leaders and their institutions / E.A. Rees -- Making economic policy / R.W. Davies -- Providing for defense / Mark Harrison -- The economy of the gulag / Oleg Khlevnyuk -- Economic crime and punishment / Eugenia Belova -- Stalin's last plan / Aleksei Tikhonov and Paul R. Gregory.