Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front.
by Pleshakov, Constantine
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0618367012
- ISBN 13
- 9780618367016
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched a massive three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union, and in days his troops were within reach of Moscow. The attack was stunning, but Stalin’s response was even more astonishing. During the invasion, the mighty Soviet military stood in place while its soldiers were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands. Drawing on a wealth of newly available documents, from classified Politburo papers and diaries of key generals to diplomatic cables and secret police memos, the Russian historian Constantine Pleshakov paints a startling portrait of Stalin, one of history’s most feared despots, as a vulnerable and paralyzed leader. Refusing to believe that the Germans would strike first, despite repeated warnings, he continued to supply them with war materials in the days before the attack, then tied his generals’ hands in the crucial first hours of the invasion. For more than a week, while Hitler rolled over Soviet territory, Stalin cowered in his dacha, leaving the country rudderless and as Pleshakov reveals here nearly losing power. The Red Army’s effort to regain the territory lost in those first ten days cost more than 10 million Soviet lives. Stalin’s Folly is a dramatic hour-by-hour account that sheds light on an enigmatic and ruthless figure while providing a new and far deeper understanding of Russian history.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84-846
- Title
- Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front.
- Author
- Pleshakov, Constantine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0618367012
- ISBN 13
- 9780618367016
- Publisher
- Houghton, 2005.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2005
- Bookseller catalogs
- WORLD WAR II / GERMAN & EASTERN FRONT; WORLD WAR II / SOVIET; List 84; List 88;
Terms of Sale
Military Books
If you find you don't want the book, you may return it with in 15 days of receipt, for the refund of the book price alone. If the book is misdescribed, return for with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery Shipment is at your risk if lost or damaged in transit unless you request postal insurance in advance/at the time the order is placed.
About the Seller
Military Books
About Military Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: