Stalin : 20th century's second dictator -- Stalin's methods and accomplishments -- The Vozhdʹ prepares for war -- The world as seen from Stalin's Kremlin -- Soviet two-track policy -- Soviet pro-German posture -- The myth of "collective security" -- America in Stalin's future -- Nazi-Soviet pacts and aftermath -- Pre-Barbarossa war plans -- Stalin bluffs and defeats Wehrmacht -- Epilogue : winning the war, losing the peace.
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