Stalin's Folly The Tragic First Ten Days of WWII on the Eastern Front

Name: Stalin's Folly The Tragic First Ten Days of WWII on the Eastern Front
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ISBN: 9780618773619

ISBN-10: 0618773614

ISBN-13: 9780618773619

Edition: 2005

Authors: Constantine Pleshakov

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On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched a massive three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union, and in days his troops were within reach of Moscow. The attack was stunning, but Stalin"s response was even more astonishing: during the invasion, the mighty Soviet military stood in place while its soldiers were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands. The Red Army"s effort to regain the territory lost in those first ten days cost more than ten million Soviet lives. Drawing on a wealth of newly available documents, the Russian historian Constantine Pleshakov paints a startling portrait of Stalin, one of history"s most feared despots, as a vulnerable and paralyzed leader. A fascinating hour-by-hour…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 12/12/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 5.37" wide x 8.25" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Prologue



War Game



On the Eve



The Attack



Disaster in the West



Hope in the South



The Loss of Byelorussia



Their Master's Voice


Epilogue


A Note on Sources and Methodology


Notes


Bibliography


Index