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BL
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645825
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| Main Entry
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Suvorov, Viktor
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| Title & Author
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The chief culprit : : Stalin's grand design to start World War II /\ Viktor Suvorov
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| Publication Statement
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Annapolis, Md. :: Naval Institute Press,, c2008
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xxii, 328 p., [32] p. of plates :: ill., maps ;; 27 cm
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| ISBN
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9781591148388 (alk. paper)
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: 1591148383 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-318) and index
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| Contents
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The struggle for peace, and its results -- First attempts to unleash a Second World War -- The first contact -- Stalin's role in the rebirth of German war power -- Why did Stalin like Hitler's book so much? -- Industrialization and collectivization -- Stalin's role in elevating Hitler -- Stalin and the destruction of Soviet strategic aviation -- Stalin's preparations for war: tanks -- On the "obsolete" Soviet tanks -- Winged Genghis Kahn -- About "obsolete" airplanes -- Soviet airborne assault troops and their mission -- About the brilliant military leader Tukhachevski -- The cleansing -- Spain -- Stalin's trap for Hitler -- Results of the Moscow Pact -- Blitzkrieg in Poland Mongolia -- Mobilization -- Mobilization of the economy -- The winter war: Finland -- Germany's strategic resources and Stalin's plans -- The carving up of Romania, and its consequences -- Destruction of the buffer states between Germany and the Soviet Union -- Destruction of the security pale on the eve of the war -- Partisans or saboteurs? -- Destruction of the Stalin line -- Trotsky murdered, Molotov in Berlin -- Kremlin games -- All the way to Berlin! -- Mountain divisions on the steppes of Ukraine -- Stalin in May -- June 13, 1941 - Words and deeds -- Red Army, black Gulag uniforms -- Military alignment -- Churchill's warning and Stalin's reaction -- A Blitzkrieg against Russia? -- Intelligence reports and Stalin's reaction -- The war has begun -- Stalin's panic -- If it weren't for winter! -- A model war
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Stalin, Joseph,1879-1953-- Military leadership
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World War, 1939-1945-- Soviet Union
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World War, 1939-1945-- Causes
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| Dewey Classification
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940.53/10947
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| LC Classification
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D742.S58S878 2008
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| Parallel Title
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Stalin's grand design to start World War II
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