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Stalin's wars: from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953

By Geoffrey , Stalin , Joseph;Stalin , Iosif V.;Roberts

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0300112041, 9780300136227, 0300136226
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2288933 bytes)
Pages
xxii, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : i
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

"A provocative reassessment of Stalin's military and political leadership during the most important years of his career."--Page 4 of cover.;Introduction : Stalin at war -- Unholy alliance : Stalin's pact with Hitler -- Grand illusions : Stalin and 22 June 1941 -- War of annihilation : Stalin versus Hitler -- Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk : Stalin and his generals -- The politics of war : Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt -- Triumph and tragedy : Stalin's year of victories -- Liberation, conquest, revolution : Stalin's aims in Germany and Eastern Europe -- Last battles : Stalin, Truman and the end of the Second World War -- The lost peace : Stalin and the origins of the Cold War -- Generalissimo at home : the domestic context of Stalin's postwar foreign policy -- Cold War confrontations : Stalin embattled -- Conclusion : Stalin in the court of history.

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