Stalin As Warlord

In this original study, Alfred J. Rieber argues that Stalin's wartime leadership was paradoxical at heart. Stalin mobilized the whole of Soviet society but repressed those vital to defense. After allowing some freedoms, after the war he began to turn against the architects of success. The heavy burden of this legacy survives today.

About the author

Alfred J. Rieber is university professor emeritus at the Central European University and emeritus professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books including Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia, which was shortlisted for the Pushkin Book Prize.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Alfred J. Rieber, Rieber Alfred J.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780300264616
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26461-6
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / World, Political leaders & leadership, Second World War, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Biography: historical, political and military, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Political leaders and leadership, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era