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Stalin's Other War : Soviet Grand Strategy, 1939-1941.

Longtime Soviet expert Albert L. Weeks has studied the newly-released information and come to a new conclusion about the Soviet Union's pre-war buildup_it was not precaution against German invasion at all. In fact, Weeks argues, the evidence now suggests Soviet mobilization was aimed at an even...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weeks, Albert L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1
  • Soviet Expansionist Ideology: Propaganda or Blueprint?; THE REALIST VIEW; THE TRADITIONALIST VIEW; NOTES; 2
  • Prewar Diplomacy and the Comintern; EARLY DIPLOMACY; DIPLOMACY IN STALIN'S INDUSTRIALIZATION; TRAIL OF BROKEN "FRIENDSHIP" TREATIES; THE COMINTERN; UNITED FRONT/POPULAR FRONT; NOTES; 3
  • The Soviets' Pro-German Posture; RED ARMY-GERMAN ARMY COLLABORATION; SOVIET-FASCIST TOTALITARIAN KINSHIP; RIDING THE CURRENTS OF EUROPE; FAR EAST WRINKLES; NOTES; 4
  • Nazi-Soviet Agreements (1939-40).
  • SOVIET-GERMAN FEELERSSTALIN'S GAMBIT WITH FRANCE AND ENGLAND; THE WATERSHED YEAR; NAZI-SOVIET PACT DETAILS; CARVING UP THE WORLD; NEW TENSIONS; POST-SOVIET RUSSIAN HISTORY TEXTBOOKS; NOTES; 5
  • Stalin Prepares for What Kind of War; THE SOVIETVIEW OF GLOBAL WAR; DEFENSIST/OFFENSIST CONTROVERSY; OFFENSIST WAR PLANS; TWO STALIN SPEECHES, MAY 5, 1941; RED ARMY CONCENTRATIONS ON THE EVE OF JUNE 22; NEGLECT OF RETREAT; EXPECTED TIME AND PLACE OF THE GERMAN ASSAULT; SECRECY, CONCEALMENT, AND SURPRISE; BLAME STALIN OR THE MILITARY?; RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE HISTORIAN'S FINDINGS.
  • CRITICS OF SUVOROV AND OTHERSNOTES; 6
  • Stalin's Response to "Barbarossa"-I; OBVIOUS SIGNS; STALIN'S BEHAVIOR: CONVENTIONAL VERSION; NEW VERSION OF STALIN'S BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE PREPARATIONS; SO, DID STALIN "FALL TO PIECES"?; NOTES; 7
  • Stalin's Response to "Barbarossa"-II; LATEST VERSION; SOVIET UNREADINESS: THE SMOKESCREEN; STALIN MISLED AND MISLEADS HIMSELF; THE MILITARY SITUATION ON JUNE 22; ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS; LATEST OFFENSIST ARGUMENTS; TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; 8
  • Conclusions; THE MAY 15 MEMORANDUM AND OTHER WAR-PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
  • 1940-41 RED ARMY WAR GAMES CONTROVERSYANFILOV'S "SEVEN LESSONS" FROM THE WAR; SUMMATION; NOTES; APPENDIX 1
  • Stalin's Third Speech, May 5, 1941; APPENDIX 2
  • May 15, 1941, Memorandum; APPENDIX 3
  • Stalin's Speech to the Politburo, August 19, 1939; APPENDIX 4
  • Russia's New History Textbooks; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.