Introduction : Before there was fear
In the labyrinth of fear
Fear in the interwar culture : the Bolsheviks and "Jewish communism"
The trauma of a World War : psychosocial effects of the Second World War
In the beginning was chaos
"Out of the frying pan and into the fire" : the dreaded Red Army
The demobilized
Looting fever
Outlaws : "The Dishonored Soldiers' Peasant War
It was more than just travel nerves
The politics of fear
The phantoms of transience
The three horsemen of the Apocalypse : hunger, high prices, and infectious diseases
Ethnic phobias and violence
Conclusion : "The boogeyman."