03374nam 2200673 a 450 991080724880332120240418005552.00-300-18093-410.12987/9780300180930(CKB)2550000000105014(StDuBDS)AH23056525(SSID)ssj0000721015(PQKBManifestationID)11956187(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721015(PQKBWorkID)10687772(PQKB)10509907(MiAaPQ)EBC3420966(DE-B1597)485880(OCoLC)1024007330(OCoLC)1029832267(OCoLC)1032692199(OCoLC)1037917074(OCoLC)1038659334(DE-B1597)9780300180930(Au-PeEL)EBL3420966(CaPaEBR)ebr10579365(OCoLC)923600441(EXLCZ)99255000000010501420051104d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrJune 1941 Hitler and Stalin /John Lukacs1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20061 online resource (192 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-11437-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.pt. 1. Hitler and Stalin -- pt. 2. The twenty-second of June -- pt. 3. Unintended consequences.This brilliant new work by the author of the best-selling Five Days in London, May 1940 is an unparalleled drama of two great leaders confronting each other in June 1941. It describes Hitler and Stalin's strange, calculating, and miscalculating relationship before the German invasion of Soviet Russia, with its gigantic (and unintended) consequences. John Lukacs questions many long-held beliefs; he suggests, for example, that among other things Hitler's first purpose involved England: if Stalin's Communist Russia were to be defeated, Hitler's Third Reich would be well-nigh invincible, and the British and American peoples would be forced to rethink the war against Hitler. The book offers penetrating insights and a new portrait of Hitler and Stalin, moved by their long-lasting inclinations. Yet among other things, Lukacs presents evidence that Hitler (rather than his generals) had moments of dark foreboding before the invasion. Stalin could not, because he wished not, believe that Hitler would choose the risk of a two-front war by attacking him; he was stunned and shocked and came close to a breakdown. But he recovered, grew into a statesman, and eventually became a prime victor of the Second World War. Such are the ironies of history; John Lukacs paints them with a shining narrative skill.June nineteen forty-oneWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsSoviet UnionWorld War, 1939-1945Soviet UnionWorld War, 1939-1945GermanyWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945940.54/217Lukacs John1924-2019.1175639MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807248803321June 19414010676UNINA