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Author:

Roberts, Geoffrey, 1952-

Title:

Stalin's wars : from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 / Geoffrey Roberts.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xxii, 468 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.

Contents:

Introduction : Stalin at war -- Unholy alliance : Stalin's pact with Hitler -- Grand illusions : Stalin and 22 June 1941 -- War of annihilation : Stalin versus Hitler -- Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk : Stalin and his generals -- The politics of war : Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt -- Triumph and tragedy : Stalin's year of victories -- Liberation, conquest, revolution : Stalin's aims in Germany and Eastern Europe -- Last battles : Stalin, Truman and the end of the Second World War -- The lost peace : Stalin and the origins of the Cold War -- Generalissimo at home : the domestic context of Stalin's postwar foreign policy -- Cold War confrontations : Stalin embattled -- Conclusion : Stalin in the court of history.

ISBN:

9780300112047 (alk. paper)
0300112041 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70673207

LCCN:

2006023395

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)