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Stalin's folly : the tragic first ten days of World War II on the Eastern front
- Title
- Stalin's folly : the tragic first ten days of World War II on the Eastern front / Constantine Pleshakov.
- Author
- Pleshakov, Konstantin.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | D764 .P5317 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 326 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched a massive three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union, and within ten days his troops were well within reach of Moscow. It was a daring move, given that the two countries had an alliance, but historians have long considered Stalin's response even more stunning: during the invasion, the mighty Soviet military stood in place while its soldiers were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands." "Stalin's Folly is a harrowing account of the German invasion that offers fresh insights into the mind of a brutal dictator and the twentieth century's defining war." "Drawing on a wealth of newly available documents, from classified Politburo papers and memoirs of key generals to diplomatic cables and secret police memos, the Russian historian Constantine Pleshakov paints a startling portrait of Stalin, one of history's most feared despots, as a vulnerable and paralyzed leader."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-311) and index.
- Contents
- 1. War game -- 2. On the eve -- 3. The attack -- 4. Disaster in the west -- 5. Hope in the south -- 6. The loss of Byelorussia -- 7. Their master's voice.
- ISBN
- 0618367012
- LCCN
- 2004065133
- OCLC
- ocm57311665
- SCSB-5183117
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries