Stalin s war

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A prize-winning historian reveals how Stalin'not Hitler'was the animating force of World War II in this major new history.

World War II endures in the popular imagination as a heroic struggle between good and evil, with villainous Hitler driving its events. But Hitler was not in power when the conflict erupted in Asia'and he was certainly dead before it ended. His armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit any of the spoils of war. That central role belonged to Joseph Stalin. The Second World War was not Hitler's war; it was Stalin's war.

Drawing on ambitious new research in Soviet, European, and US archives, Stalin's War revolutionizes our understanding of this global conflict by moving its epicenter to the east. Hitler's genocidal ambition may have helped unleash Armageddon, but as McMeekin shows, the war which emerged in Europe in September 1939 was the one Stalin wanted, not Hitler. So, too, did the Pacific war of 1941'1945 fulfill Stalin's goal of unleashing a devastating war of attrition between Japan and the 'Anglo-Saxon' capitalist powers he viewed as his ultimate adversary.

McMeekin also reveals the extent to which Soviet Communism was rescued by the US and Britain's self-defeating strategic moves, beginning with Lend-Lease aid, as American and British supply boards agreed almost blindly to every Soviet demand. Stalin's war machine, McMeekin shows, was substantially reliant on American materiél from warplanes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, fuel, ammunition, and explosives, to industrial inputs and technology transfer, to the foodstuffs which fed the Red Army.

This unreciprocated American generosity gave Stalin's armies the mobile striking power to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism.

A groundbreaking reassessment of the Second World War, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the current world order.

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Stalin's War

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a provocative revisionist take on the second world war financial times by a prize winning historianwe remember world war ii as a struggle between good and evil with hitler propelling events and the allied powers saving the day but hitler s armies did not fight in multiple theaters his emp Uiterlijk 18 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Stalin's War

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Shortlisted for the duke of wellington medal and the gilder lehrman prize for military history 2022 a terrific read mcmeekin is a superb writer david aaronovitch the times gripping authoritative accessible and always bracingly revisionist simon sebag montefiore impressive a new look at Uiterlijk 18 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Enemy Archives

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Soviet counterinsurgency officers assembled a comprehensive archive documenting the ideological worldview operational structures and activities of the ukrainian nationalist movement viatrovych and luciuk have curated a selection of these documents that challenges prejudices about who these ukrain Uiterlijk 25 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 20 april 2021

Aantal pagina's: 864

Illustraties: Met illustraties

Hoofdauteur: Sean McMeekin

Verteller: Kevin Stillwell

Hoofduitgeverij: Basic Books

Product breedte: 165 mm

Product hoogte: 71 mm

Product lengte: 239 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 157 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 68 mm

Verpakking lengte: 246 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 2186 g

EAN: 9781541672796

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