Stalin as warlord /

Stalin as warlord /

An authoritative account of Stalin as a wartime leader--showing how his paradoxical policies of mass mobilization and repression affected all aspects of Soviet society The Second World War was the defining moment in the history of the Soviet Union. With Stalin at the helm, it emerged victorious at a...

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Author / Creator: Rieber, Alfred J. (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953
1936-1953
Heads of state > Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 > Soviet Union.
Heads of state
Politics and government
Soviet Union > History, Military.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953.
Soviet Union
Military history
Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Paradox of Power
  • PART I. PREPARING FOR WAR
  • 1. Mobilization and Repression at the Centre
  • 2. Mobilization and Purges on the Peripheries
  • PART II. FIGHTING THE WAR
  • 3. Forging the Sinews of War
  • 4. The Scientific and Technical Intelligentsia
  • 5. On the Cultural Front
  • PART III. WINNING THE PEACE
  • 6. A Pyrrhic Victory?
  • Epilogue: Remembering the War
  • Chronology
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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