Overy recreates the course of the Great Patriotic War from the point of view of the military and the ordinary people. From the Hitler-Stalin pact to the capture of Berlin, Overly brilliantly recreates the apocalyptic struggle.
The story of how Stalin ruthlessly built his 'Red Empire' in the aftermath of World War II - and what inspired him to build it.
The story of how Stalin ruthlessly built his 'Red Empire' in the aftermath of World War II - and what inspired him to build it.
Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, [the author] reveals a more complex ... story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives and personal t…
"Overthrowing the conventional image of Stalin as an uneducated political administrator inexplicably transformed into a pathological killer, Robert Service reveals a more complex and fascinating story behind this notorious twentieth-century figure. Drawing on unexplored archives…