Stalin's wars
Subtitle: from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953
By: Geoffrey Roberts.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780300112047
Subjects: Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953 -- Influence; Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953 -- Military leadership; World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history; World politics -- 1945-; Soviet Union -- History, Military
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [430]-446) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Stalin at war; title: Unholy alliance : Stalin's pact with Hitler; title: Grand illusions : Stalin and 22 June 1941; title: War of annihilation : Stalin versus Hitler; title: Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk : Stalin and his generals; title: The politics of war : Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt; title: Triumph and tragedy : Stalin's year of victories; title: Liberation, conquest, revolution : Stalin's aims in Germany and Eastern Europe; title: Last battles : Stalin, Truman and the end of the Second World War; title: The lost peace : Stalin and the origins of the Cold War; title: Generalissimo at home : the domestic context of Stalin's postwar foreign policy; title: Cold War confrontations : Stalin embattled; title: Conclusion : Stalin in the court of history.