Assured victory
Subtitle: how "Stalin the Great" won the war but lost the peace
By: Albert L. Weeks
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780313391651; 9780313391668
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Military leadership; Diplomatic history; Foreign relations; Campaigns
Description: "Stalin correctly foresaw that the Soviet Union needed to be seen as the 'victim of aggression' by German invaders in order to win valuable Western aid and consolidate on East-West war-fighting alliance. His insight and subsequent maneuvering led to one of Stalin's great achievements -- orchestrating the critical Soviet victory in the east ... This book provides an overdue critical investigation of how the Soviet leader's domestic and foreign policies actually helped produce this victory, and above all, how Stalin's timely support of a wartime alliance with the Western capitalist democracies assured the defeat of the Axis powers in 1945"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Stalin : 20th century's second dictator; title: Stalin's methods and accomplishments; title: The Vozhdʹ prepares for war; title: The world as seen from Stalin's Kremlin; title: Soviet two-track policy; title: Soviet pro-German posture; title: The myth of "collective security"; title: America in Stalin's future; title: Nazi-Soviet pacts and aftermath; title: Pre-Barbarossa war plans; title: Stalin bluffs and defeats Wehrmacht; title: Epilogue : winning the war, losing the peace.