LEADER 03374nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910807248803321 005 20240418005552.0 010 $a0-300-18093-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300180930 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105014 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23056525 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000721015 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11956187 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721015 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10687772 035 $a(PQKB)10509907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420966 035 $a(DE-B1597)485880 035 $a(OCoLC)1024007330 035 $a(OCoLC)1029832267 035 $a(OCoLC)1032692199 035 $a(OCoLC)1037917074 035 $a(OCoLC)1038659334 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300180930 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420966 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579365 035 $a(OCoLC)923600441 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105014 100 $a20051104d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJune 1941 $eHitler and Stalin /$fJohn Lukacs 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-11437-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index. 327 $apt. 1. Hitler and Stalin -- pt. 2. The twenty-second of June -- pt. 3. Unintended consequences. 330 $aThis 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. 517 3 $aJune nineteen forty-one 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zSoviet Union 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zSoviet Union 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zGermany 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.54/217 700 $aLukacs$b John$f1924-2019.$01175639 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807248803321 996 $aJune 1941$94010676 997 $aUNINA