EXTRACTING ALPHA(S) FROM ELECTRON-POSITRON ANNIHILATION AROUND 10 GEV

The total cross section for electron-positron annihilation into hadron s is calculated in the region just below the B meson threshold. QCD co rrections up to third order, quark mass effects, initial state radiati on, the running of alpha(QED), and the tails of the Y resonances are i ncluded in the prediction. For a given alpha(s) the prediction is accu rate to 0.5%. An experimental measurement with the corresponding preci sion would allow us to determine alpha(s) with a high accuracy at inte rmediate energies.