Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Preface to British Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Family Background -- Parental Courtship -- The Siblings -- Childhood -- Alexander -- Two Brothers -- Student -- When Did Lenin Become a Marxist? -- What Is Russian Marxism? -- Fedosseyev -- Lenin Becomes Active -- Lenin, the. Writer -- Lenin, a Professional Revolutionary -- First Steps Toward the Action Party -- Siberia -- Iskra -- Literary Success -- Organizational Build-up -- The Second Congress -- The War with Japan -- The Revolution of 1905 -- The Hero at Home -- The Hero Abroad -- Amour -- Return to Struggle -- Pravda -- Deployment for War -- Malinovsky -- War is Coming -- War -- Revolutionizing -- Contacts with Austria -- Contacts with Germany -- Lenin Realizes His Power -- The Throne Collapses -- The Sealed Car -- Sudden Prominence -- Accusation of Treason -- In Hiding -- The Armed Uprising -- Chief of Government -- The Destruction of Democracy -- The Shameful Peace -- The Grind of Government -- Murder -- Lenin is Shot -- The World Revolution Aborts -- The Polish War -- The End of Love -- The Dogma Weakens -- On the Extreme Right Wing -- Sickness and Terrorism -- The Testament -- The Break With Stalin -- A Suicide Plan -- A Bombshell -- The Third Stroke -- Isolation and Despair -- Death -- Autopsy -- Medical Murder -- Psychological Murder -- Burial -- Transfiguration -- Appendix: The Psychology of Destruction -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Plates After Page