• AS SECTION:
• NARRATIVE AND EXPLANATION The rise of Stalin 1924-29
• 1 The rise of Stalin 1924-29
• The Soviet Union 1928-41
• 2 The Five-Year Plans
• 3 Collectivisation
• 4 The Purges
• 5 Soviet Society 1928-41
• 6 Popular culture and the arts
• AS Assessment: Life in the Soviet Union
• A2 SECTION:
• ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION Stalin and the Soviet Union 1924-41
• 1 Why did Stalin emerge as leader of the Soviet Union between 1924 and 1929?
• 2 How did Stalin exercise political control?
• 3 The role of Stalin - did Stalin preserve or destroy Bolshevism?
• 4 How successful was Stalin's attempt to modernise the USSR?
• 5 Propaganda and the cult of personality - how popular was Stalin?
• 6 The Stalinist State after 1941
• A2 Assessment: The Soviet Union after Lenin 1924 - 41

Each of the books is a manageable topic giving students a clear sense of achievement as they work their way through. There are extra notes, biography boxes and definitions in the margin and summary boxes to help students assimilate the information.