| Description |
xxii, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-446) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Influence.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Military leadership.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
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Soviet Union -- History, Military.
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World politics -- 1945-1955.
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| ISBN |
0300112041 alkaline paper |
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