This book documents dictator Joseph Stalin's brilliant tactics as well as missteps in taking preemptive actions that guaranteed ultimate victory over the German invaders. It also covers the policies implemented after the war that made the Soviet Union a menace to world peace and led to collapse of Soviet rule.
Using new archive and other original source material, this book documents how dictator Josef Stalin adroitly prepared for "assured victory" in World War II
Canvasses not only Western literature on Stalin's prewar, wartime, and postwar leadership, but also examines current post-2004 Russian histories