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Stalin's wars : from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 / Geoffrey Roberts.
LIBRA DK268.S8 R574 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Geoffrey, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Influence.
- Stalin, Joseph.
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Military leadership.
- Command of troops.
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Diplomatic history.
- Soviet Union--History, Military.
- Soviet Union.
- History, Military.
- World politics--1945-1989.
- World politics.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2006]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-446) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300112041
- OCLC:
- 70673207
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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