The Chief Culprit
- Subject: eBook Editions | General Military & Naval History | Navy Textbooks/Professional Reading | World War II | 2024 Paperback Sale
- Format:
Softcover
- Pages:
352pages
- Published:
March 15, 2013
- ISBN-10:
1591148065
- ISBN-13:
9781591148067
- Product Dimensions:
10 × 7 × 1 in
- Product Weight:
24 oz
Overview
Suvorov debunks the theory that Stalin was duped by Hitler and that the Soviet Union was a victim of Nazi aggression. Instead, he makes the case that Stalin neither feared Hitler nor mistakenly trusted him. Suvorov maintains that after Germany occupied Poland, defeated France, and started to prepare for an invasion of Great Britain, Hitler's intelligence services detected the Soviet Union's preparations for a major war against Germany. This detection, he argues, led to Germany's preemptive war plan and the launch of an invasion of the USSR. Stalin emerges from the pages of this book as a diabolical genius consumed by visions of a worldwide Communist revolution at any cost—a leader who wooed Hitler and Germany in his own effort to conquer the world. In contradicting traditional theories about Soviet planning, the book is certain to provoke debate among historians throughout the world.
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Editorial Reviews
"A provocative study...compelling...A highly controversial study, Suvorov's book is nevertheless well researched and warrants further examination into this critical period in the history of the war." — War in History