"A provocative reassessment of Stalin's military and political leadership during the most important years of his career."--Page [4] de la couverture.
"A provocative reassessment of Stalin's military and political leadership during the most important years of his career."--Page 4 of cover.
This breakthrough book provides a detailed reconstruction of Stalin’s leadership from the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 to his death in 1953. Making use of a wealth of new material from Russian archives, Geoffrey Roberts challenges a long list of standard perceptions …
"Vus d'Occident, avec leur tintinnabulant placard de médailles, leur énorme casquette et leur air sinistre, ils faisaient peur ou faisaient rire. On sait, assez vaguement, qui sont Joukov, Koniev ou Rokossovski, le trio vainqueur du 111e Reich. Mais les quatorze autres maréchaux…
