Acknowledgments and Notes

1 Introduction

2 The Russo-Japanese War

2.1 War

2.2 The Akashi Operations

2.3 Japan and ``Total Espionage''

3 A Lull

3.1 ``Pacification''

3.2 The Impact of Japan's Victory

3.3 A New Global Political Configuration

3.4 ``Spy Mania''

3.5 The Caucasus on the Eve of World War I

4 War, Independence, and Reconquest, 1914–21

4.1 World War I

4.2 Revolution

4.3 Reconquest

4.4 The Caucasus and the World

4.5 The Caucasus and Japan

5 Renewal

5.1 ``Pacification''

5.2 International Realignments

5.3 The Renewal of Japan's Interests in the Caucasus

6 The Caucasus Group and Japan

6.1 Moscow versus Tokyo

6.2 Japan and Caucasian Émigré Forces

6.3 The Caucasus Group and Japan

6.4 The Anti-Comintern Pact

6.5 The Great Terror

6.6 Clandestine Operations

7 War and Dénouement

7.1 The Realignment of Forces

7.2 An Attempt on Stalin's Life?

7.3 The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and World War II

7.4 The Expansion of War

7.5 Dénouement

8 Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography Archives and Private Papers

Bibliography

Printed Books

Articles

List of Figures

Sources of Illustrations

Index