Stalin as Warlord Rieber Alfred J.
Stalin as Warlord Rieber Alfred J. An authoritative account of Stalin as a wartime leader--showing how his paradoxical policies of mass mobilization and repression affected all aspects of Soviet…
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Stalin as Warlord Rieber Alfred J.
An authoritative account of Stalin as a wartime leader--showing how his paradoxical policies of mass mobilization and repression affected all aspects of Soviet society "A superb new history. . . . With Stalin at the helm, it emerged victorious at a huge economic and human cost. Rieber analyses with clarity the impact of the war."--Wendy Slater, Times Literary SupplementThe Second World War was the defining moment in the history of the Soviet Union.
Rieber examines Stalin as a wartime leader, arguing that his policies were profoundly paradoxical. But even before the fighting had ended, Stalin began to turn against the architects of success.In this original and comprehensive study, Alfred J. In preparation for the war, Stalin mobilized the whole of Soviet society in pursuit of his military goals and intensified the centralization of his power. Yet at