Stalin's Other War

Soviet Grand Strategy, 1939-1941

AvAlbert L. Weeks

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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On June 22, 1941, just less than two years after signing the Nazi-Soviet Agreements, Adolf Hitler's German army invaded the Soviet Union. The attack hardly came as a surprise to Josef Stalin; in fact, history has long held that Stalin spent the two intervening years building up his defenses against a Nazi attack. With the gradual declassifying of former Soviet documents, though, historians are learning more and more about Stalin's grand plan during the years 1939-1941.Longtime Soviet expert Albert L. Weeks has studied the newly-released information and come to a different conclusion about the Soviet Union's pre-war buildup—it was not precaution against German invasion at all. In fact, Weeks argues, the evidence now suggests Soviet mobilization was aimed at an eventual invasion of Nazi Germany. The Soviets were quietly biding their time between 1939 and 1941, allowing the capitalist powers to destroy one another, all the while preparing for their own Westward march. Stalin, Weeks shows, wasn't waiting for a Nazi attack—Hitler simply beat him to the punch.

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Utgivningsdatum:2002-08-15
Mått:158 x 236 x 21 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742521919

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Albert L. Weeks has been an expert on Soviet Russia for more than fifty years. Weeks has served as a journalist, policy analyst, and professor, and is credited with coining the name "Sputnik" while working for Newsweek in 1957. Stalin's Other War is his eighth book.

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Nazi Germany's invasion of Soviet Russia had immense consequences for the world, lasting into the 21st century. Albert Weeks has made imaginative use of recently released archives to shed new light on this crucial conflict. This book is a reminder that history is anything but static—it requires constant revision, in the light of new information and fresh perspective.

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Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Soviet Expansionist Ideology: Propaganda or Blueprint?Chapter 3 Prewar Diplomacy and the CominternChapter 4 The Soviets' Pro-German PostureChapter 5 Nazi-Soviet Agreements (1939-40)Chapter 6 Stalin Prepares for What Kind of WarChapter 7 Stalin's Response to "Barbarossa"— IChapter 8 Stalin's Response to "Barbarossa"— IIChapter 9 ConclusionsChapter 10 Appendix 1: Stalin's Third Speech, May 5, 1941Chapter 11 Appendix 2: May 15, 1941, MemorandumChapter 12 Appendix 3: Stalin's Speech to the Politburo, August 19, 1939Chapter 13 Appendix 4: Russia's New History Textbooks