02296nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10587835 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060717s2006 ctuab sb 001 0beng d 2006023395 0300112041 (alk. paper) 9780300112047 (alk. paper) 9780300136227 9780300150407 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)811405722 e-ur--- DK268.S8 R574 2006eb 947.084/2092 B 22 Roberts, Geoffrey, 1952- Stalin's wars [electronic resource] : from World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 / Geoffrey Roberts. New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2006. xxii, 468 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. [430]-446) and index. Introduction : Stalin at war -- Unholy alliance : Stalin's pact with Hitler -- Grand illusions : Stalin and 22 June 1941 -- War of annihilation : Stalin versus Hitler -- Victory at Stalingrad and Kursk : Stalin and his generals -- The politics of war : Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt -- Triumph and tragedy : Stalin's year of victories -- Liberation, conquest, revolution : Stalin's aims in Germany and Eastern Europe -- Last battles : Stalin, Truman and the end of the Second World War -- The lost peace : Stalin and the origins of the Cold War -- Generalissimo at home : the domestic context of Stalin's postwar foreign policy -- Cold War confrontations : Stalin embattled -- Conclusion : Stalin in the court of history. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953 Influence. Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953 Military leadership. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World politics 1945-1989. Soviet Union History, Military. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10587835 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 108296 108296