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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462761403321

Autore

Suvorov Viktor

Titolo

The chief culprit [[electronic resource] ] : Stalin's grand design to start World War II / / Viktor Suvorov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, MD., : Naval Institute Press, c2008

ISBN

1-61251-268-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

940.53/10947

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union

World War, 1939-1945 - Causes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""[ Contents ]""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Struggle for Peace, and Its Results""; ""2. First Attempts to Unleash a Second World War""; ""3. The First Contact""; ""4. Stalin�s Role in the Rebirth of German War Power""; ""5. Why Did Stalin Like Hitler�s Book So Much?""; ""6. Industrialization and Collectivization""; ""7. Stalin�s Role in Elevating Hitler""; ""8. Stalin and the Destruction of Soviet Strategic Aviation""; ""9. Stalin�s Preparations for War: Tanks""; ""10. On the “Obsolete� Soviet Tanks""; ""11. Winged Genghis Khan""

""12. About “Obsolete� Airplanes""""13. Soviet Airborne Assault Troops and Their Mission""; ""Photos 1""; ""14. About the Brilliant Military Leader Tukhachevski""; ""15. The Cleansing""; ""16. Spain""; ""17. Stalin�s Trap for Hitler""; ""18. Results of the Moscow Pact""; ""19. Blitzkrieg in Poland and Mongolia""; ""20. Mobilization""; ""21. Mobilization of the Economy""; ""22. The Winter War: Finland""; ""23. Germany�s Strategic Resources and Stalin�s Plans""; ""24. The Carving Up of Romania, and its Consequences""

""25. Destruction of the Buffer States between Germany and the Soviet Union""""26. Destruction of the Security Pale on the Eve of the War""; ""27. Partisans or Saboteurs?""; ""28. Destruction of the Stalin Line""; ""29. Trotsky Murdered, Molotov in Berlin""; ""30. Kremlin Games""; ""31. All the Way to Berlin!""; ""32. Mountain Divisions on the Steppes of Ukraine""; ""33. Stalin in May""; ""34. June 13, 1941""; ""35. Words and



Deeds""; ""36. Red Army, Black Gulag Uniforms""; ""37. Military Alignment""; ""38. Churchill�s Warning and Stalin�s Reaction""; ""Photos 2""

""39. A Blitzkrieg against Russia?""""40. Intelligence Reports and Stalin�s Reaction""; ""41. The War Has Begun""; ""42. Stalin�s Panic""; ""43. If It Weren�t for Winter!""; ""44. A Model War""; ""Conclusion: The Aggressor""; ""Epilogue: Stalin Was a War Criminal""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""