What Stalin knew
Subtitle: the enigma of Barbarrosa
By: David E. Murphy.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953 -- Military leadership; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953
Description: Murphy asks why the Soviet Union was so unprepared for the German attack in 1941. The highly efficient Soviet intelligence services warned Stalin several times about German preparations, but they were ignored. What led Stalin to make such an enormous blunder?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.