Introduction: Soviet European Policy in World War II Chapter 1: Soviet Central and Northern European policy: 1945 to the Foundation of NATO in 1949 The Soviet Union and the German Question 1945 to 1949 Austria in the Context of Soviet European Policy (1945 to 1949) The Soviet Union and Scandinavia 1945-1949 Chapter 2: Neutrality and the Consolidation of the Eastern Bloc-The Perpetuation of a Divided Europe: Stalin's European Policy 1949 to 1952-1953 The Foundation of COMECON: Soviet Aims and Strategies Soviet Reactions to the Foundation of NATO Soviet German Policy 1949 to 1951 Neutrality for a Unified Germany? The Soviet Union's Austrian Policy Between 1949 and 1952-1953-Austria as a Factor in the Consolidation of the Eastern Bloc The USSR and Scandinavia Chapter 3: Neutrality and Soviet Foreign Policy