Intro -- 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 �Emigr�e 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 D�enouement -- 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 D�enouement -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography Archives and Private Papers -- Bibliography -- Printed Books -- Articles -- List of Figures -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index.

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