Stalin and the Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940

This is the verbatim record of a secret and hitherto unpublished meeting, held in the Kremlin in April 1940, devoted to a post mortem of the Finnish campaign.

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Stone & Stone

"a remarkable window into how the Soviets fought that war, what lessons they learned from it, and how they planned to use their new knowledge in future campaigns..."

"valuable addition to serious study of the Soviet-Finnish War"

"in this unique document we see history as the Soviets really saw it"

- Contemporary Review

About the author

Harold Shukman, E.N. Kulkov, Oleg Aleksandrovich Rzheshevskii

Product details

• Authors: E.n. Rzheshevskii Kulkov
• Assisted by: E N Kulkov (Editor), E. N. Kulkov (Editor), E.N. Kulkov (Editor), Oleg Aleksandrovich Rzheshevskii (Editor), Harold Shukman (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.2014
• EAN: 9781138011144
• ISBN: 978-1-138-01114-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Soviet Russian Study of War
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Finland, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era