num_pages: 326
description: Reassessing the Soviet response to the Nazi invasion of Russia, the author portrays Stalin as an ineffective military leader who allowed hundreds of thousands of his soldiers to be slaughtered in the first ten days of the invasion.
language: English
title: Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front
titlecomplete: Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front
characters: Joseph Stalin, Georgy Zhukov
genres: Russian History, Military Fiction, European History, War, Nonfiction, World War II, History, Germany, Russia, Military History
ratings_count: 257
places: Soviet Union
publisher: Houghton Mifflin