Placeholder text

Go to cart

Stalin's War

By Sean McMeekin

Product Image: Stalin's War

Stalin's War

By Sean McMeekin

0 - Default Title
Description
A prize-winning historian’s major new history of the Second World War, arguing that Stalin’s USSR was the war’s driving force.  “A provocative revisionist take on the Second World War … McMeekin is a formidable researcher, working in several languages, and he is prepared to pose the big questions and make judgments.” —Financial Times We remember World War II as a struggle between good and evil, with Hitler propelling events and the Allied powers saving the day. But Hitler’s armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit the spoils of war. That role belonged to Joseph Stalin. Hitler’s genocidal ambition may have unleashed Armageddon, but as celebrated historian Sean McMeekin shows, the conflicts that emerged were distinctly shaped by Stalin’s maneuverings, orchestrated to unleash a war between Germany and her capitalist adversaries in Europe and between Japan and the “Anglo-Saxon” powers in Asia. Meanwhile, the United States and Britain’s self-defeating strategy of supporting Stalin and his armies at all costs allowed the Soviets to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism.  A groundbreaking reassessment, Stalin’s War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the roots of the current world order.  
Product details
Number of Pages:
864
Release Date:
2021-04-20
Publication Date:
2021-04-20
Publisher:
Basic Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1541672798
ISBN13:
9781541672796
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1150 g
Height:
159 cm
Width:
239 cm
Thickness:
66 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out