Stalin''s Great Game - War and Neutrality, 1939-1941

Based on extensive archival research, Stalin’s Great Game offers a fresh analysis of Soviet foreign policy and intelligence during the early years of the Second World War.

List of contents

List of Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Biographical Notes
1. Prelude
2. The Winter War and a White Paper
3. The Winter War or a Wider War?
4. What Next? Catastrophe in the West
5. Who’s the Ostrich Now? Warnings of Invasion
6. Who Wants to Dance? Manoeuvring for Position
7. "A Policy of Uniform Amiability": Anglo-Soviet Relations and the Rising Danger of War in the East
8. The Ostrich Never Looked Up: Stalin’s Momentous Failure
9. Epilogue: The Formation of the Grand Alliance
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Michael Jabara Carley is a professor of history at the Université de Montréal.

Summary

Based on extensive archival research, Stalin’s Great Game offers a fresh analysis of Soviet foreign policy and intelligence during the early years of the Second World War.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Jabara Carley
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781487562588
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-6258-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science