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

• Autore: Suvorov Viktor
• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, MD., : Naval Institute Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53/10947
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union; World War, 1939-1945 - Causes
• 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. Stalinâ€?s Role in the Rebirth of German War Power""; ""5. Why Did Stalin Like Hitlerâ€?s Book So Much?""; ""6. Industrialization and Collectivization""; ""7. Stalinâ€?s Role in Elevating Hitler""; ""8. Stalin and the Destruction of Soviet Strategic Aviation""; ""9. Stalinâ€?s Preparations for War: Tanks""; ""10. On the “Obsoleteâ€? Soviet Tanks""; ""11. Winged Genghis Khan"" ; ""12. About “Obsoleteâ€? Airplanes""""13. Soviet Airborne Assault Troops and Their Mission""; ""Photos 1""; ""14. About the Brilliant Military Leader Tukhachevski""; ""15. The Cleansing""; ""16. Spain""; ""17. Stalinâ€?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. Germanyâ€?s Strategic Resources and Stalinâ€?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. Churchillâ€?s Warning and Stalinâ€?s Reaction""; ""Photos 2"" ; ""39. A Blitzkrieg against Russia?""""40. Intelligence Reports and Stalinâ€?s Reaction""; ""41. The War Has Begun""; ""42. Stalinâ€?s Panic""; ""43. If It Werenâ€?t for Winter!""; ""44. A Model War""; ""Conclusion: The Aggressor""; ""Epilogue: Stalin Was a War Criminal""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""
• Titolo autorizzato: The chief culprit
• ISBN: 1-61251-268-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786400003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II