Yezhov: the rise of Stalin's "iron fist"

Introduction: constructing the commissar

Epilogue as prologue: the commissar at work

The making of a Bolshevik

In the provinces

The party personnel system

Sorting out the comrades

Yezhov on the job: "cadres decide everything"

Yezhov and the Kirov assassination

Enemies large and small

Angling for the job.