Stalin's wars : from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953
"This 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."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2006
Yale University Press, New Haven [Conn.], ©2006