LEADER 03909nam 22005415 450 001 9910822940703321 005 20230721044053.0 010 $a0-300-15040-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300150407 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233748 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24393335 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000739361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11444376 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10686907 035 $a(PQKB)10613685 035 $a(DE-B1597)485026 035 $a(OCoLC)952755860 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300150407 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421025 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233748 100 $a20200424h20082008 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStalin's Wars $eFrom World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 /$fGeoffrey Roberts 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2008] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (496 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-13622-6 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tList of Maps and Figure --$tPreface and Acknowledgements --$tChronology of Major Events --$t1. Introduction: Stalin at War --$t2. Unholy Alliance: Stalin's Pact with Hitler --$t3. Grand Illusions Stalin And 22 June 1941 --$t4. War of Annihilation: Stalin versus Hitler --$t5. Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk: Stalin and His Generals --$t6. The Politics of War: Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt --$t7. Triumph and Tragedy: Stalin's Year of Victories --$t8. Liberation, Conquest, Revolution: Stalin's Aims in Germany and Eastern Europe --$t9. Last Battles: Stalin, Truman and the End of the Second World War --$t10. The Lost Peace: Stalin and the Origins of the Cold War --$t11. Generalissimo at Home: The Domestic Context of Stalin's Postwar Foreign Policy --$t12. Cold War Confrontations: Stalin Embattled --$t13. Conclusion: Stalin in the Court of History --$tNotes --$tSelect Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis breakthrough book provides a detailed reconstruction of Stalin's leadership from the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 to his death in 1953. Making use of a wealth of new material from Russian archives, Geoffrey Roberts challenges a long list of standard perceptions of Stalin: his qualities as a leader; his relationships with his own generals and with other great world leaders; his foreign policy; and his role in instigating the Cold War. While frankly exploring the full extent of Stalin's brutalities and their impact on the Soviet people, Roberts also uncovers evidence leading to the stunning conclusion that Stalin was both the greatest military leader of the twentieth century and a remarkable politician who sought to avoid the Cold War and establish a long-term detente with the capitalist world.By means of an integrated military, political, and diplomatic narrative, the author draws a sustained and compelling personal portrait of the Soviet leader. The resulting picture is fascinating and contradictory, and it will inevitably change the way we understand Stalin and his place in history. Roberts depicts a despot who helped save the world for democracy, a personal charmer who disciplined mercilessly, a utopian ideologue who could be a practical realist, and a warlord who undertook the role of architect of post-war peace. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xDiplomatic history$y1945-1989 606 $aWorld politics 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xDiplomatic history 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a947.084/2092 676 $aB 700 $aRoberts$b Geoffrey$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$030060 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822940703321 996 $aStalin's wars$9226823 997 $aUNINA