The Soviet Union executed an apparent about-face in its traditional anti-Zionist position when the Palestine issue came before the United Nations in 1947

1: Part One: The Context of the Soviet Decision in Favor of a Jewish State in Palestine; 1: The Period of Non-Commitment February 1945-April 1947; 2: The Die is Cast; 2: Part Two: The Coincidence Of Interests?; 3: From Resolution to Implementation: the International Arena, 30 November 1947-14 May 1948; 4: The Palestine War: Soviet Aid to the Yishuv and the State of Israel; 5: Direct Contacts, May 1948-April 1949; 6: Soviet Backing at the United Nations, May 1948-May 1949; 3: Part Three: Soviet-Israeli Relations and Soviet Jewry?; 7: The Offensive Against Soviet Jewry; 8: Soviet Internal Developments and the Attitude to Israel; 3: Part Four: The Metamorphosis in Soviet-Israeli Relations?; 9: The Soviet Global and Regional Perspective, May 1949-March 1953; 10: The Soviet Stand on the Arab-Israeli Conflet, May 1949-March 1953; 11: Soviet Criteria and Tactics Revised, 1953-54; Afterword