Stalin's Wars - From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953

Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Roberts is professor of history at the University College Cork! Ireland. He is a frequent contributor to British! Irish and American newspapers and to popular history journals and he has acted as a consultant for a number of TV and radio documentaries. His publications include Victory at Stalingrad (Longman/Pearson! 2002) and The Soviet Union in World Politics (Routledge! 1998). Klappentext Features Stalin's leadership from the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 to his death in 1953. This book challenges a long list of standard perceptions of Stalin: his qualities as a leader; his relationships with his own generals and with other great world leaders; his foreign policy; and his role in instigating the Cold War. Zusammenfassung Features Stalin's leadership from the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 to his death in 1953. This book challenges a long list of standard perceptions of Stalin: his qualities as a leader; his relationships with his own generals and with other great world leaders; his foreign policy; and his role in instigating the Cold War.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Roberts, Roberts Geoffrey
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2008
• EAN: 9780300136227
• ISBN: 978-0-300-13622-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1950 to c 1959, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, The Cold War, C 1945 To C 1960, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era