Research Catalog

Title

Assured victory : how "Stalin the Great" won the war but lost the peace / Albert L. Weeks.

Author

Weeks, Albert Loren, 1923-

Publication

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.

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Description

xxxiii, 281 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Stalin correctly foresaw that the Soviet Union needed to be seen as the 'victim of aggression' by German invaders in order to win valuable Western aid and consolidate on East-West war-fighting alliance. His insight and subsequent maneuvering led to one of Stalin's great achievements -- orchestrating the critical Soviet victory in the east ... This book provides an overdue critical investigation of how the Soviet leader's domestic and foreign policies actually helped produce this victory, and above all, how Stalin's timely support of a wartime alliance with the Western capitalist democracies assured the defeat of the Axis powers in 1945"--Jacket.

Subject

• Diplomatieke betrekkingen
• Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1917-1945
• Sovjet-Unie
• Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 > Military leadership
• Tweede Wereldoorlog
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Eastern Front
• World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history
• World War, 1939-1945 > Soviet Union

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9780313391651 (alk. paper)
• 0313391653 (alk. paper)
• 9780313391668 (ebook)
• 0313391661 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2010039732

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library