Stalin's wars : from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 / Geoffrey Roberts.
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TextPublisher: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2006Description: xxii, 468 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780300136227Subject(s): Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953 -- Influence | Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953 -- Military leadership | World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history | World politics -- 1945-1989 | Soviet Union -- History, MilitaryDDC classification: 947.084/2092 | B LOC classification: DK268.S8 | R574 2006Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Book review (H-Net) | Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [430]-446) and index.
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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