Bestselling author Victor Suvorov probes newly released Soviet
documents and reevaluates existing material to analyze Stalin's
strategic design to conquer Europe and the reasons behind his
controversial support for Nazi Germany. A former Soviet army
intelligence officer, the author explains that Stalin's strategy
leading up to World War II grew from Vladimir Lenin's belief that
if World War I did not ignite the worldwide Communist revolution,
then a second world war would be needed to achieve it. Stalin saw
Nazi Germany as the power that would fight and weaken capitalist
countries so that Soviet armies could then sweep across Europe.
Suvorov reveals how Stalin conspired with German leaders to bypass
the Versailles Treaty, which forbade German rearmament, and
secretly trained German engineers and officers and provided bases
and factories for war. He also calls attention to the 1939
nonaggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany that
allowed Hitler to proceed with his plans to invade Poland,
fomenting war in Europe.
Suvorov debunks the theory that Stalin was duped by Hitler and that
the Soviet Union was a victim of Nazi aggression. Instead, he makes
the case that Stalin neither feared Hitler nor mistakenly trusted
him. Suvorov maintains that after Germany occupied Poland, defeated
France, and started to prepare for an invasion of Great Britain,
Hitler's intelligence services detected the Soviet Union's
preparations for a major war against Germany. This detection, he
argues, led to Germany's preemptive war plan and the launch of an
invasion of the USSR. Stalin emerges from the pages of this book as
a diabolical genius consumed by visions of a worldwide Communist
revolution at any cost--a leader who wooed Hitler and Germany in
his own effort to conquer the world. In contradicting traditional
theories about Soviet planning, the book is certain to provoke
debate among historians throughout the world.
General
Imprint: |
Naval Institute Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2013 |
First published: |
March 2013 |
Authors: |
Viktor Suvorov
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Dimensions: |
254 x 177 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
328 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-59114-806-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-59114-806-5 |
Barcode: |
9781591148067 |
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