| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Stalin's absolute control, misconceptions, and disastrous decisions -- Stalin versus Hitler : background -- The outspoken general : Ivan Iosifovich Proskurov -- Proskurov sets Stalin straight -- Soviet borders move westward -- The Finns fight : Proskurov made a scapegoat -- Soviet military intelligence residencies in Western Europe -- Soviet military intelligence residencies in Eastern Europe -- Who were you, Dr. Sorge? Stalin never heard of you -- NKVD foreign intelligence -- Fitin's recruited spies -- Listening to the enemy -- Working on the railroad -- The border troops knew -- Proskurov is fired -- Golikov and Operation Sea Lion -- "We do not fire on German aircraft in peacetime" -- German deception : why did Stalin believe it? -- Secret letters -- The purges revived -- On the eve -- A summer of torture -- The final reckoning -- Will the future be a repeat of the past? -- Appendix 1 : Organization and functions of Soviet military intelligence -- Appendix 2 : Hitler's letters to Stalin -- Appendix 3 : Those executed without trial on October 28, 1941 -- Appendix 4 : Chronology of agent reporting -- Glossary of spies and their masters |
| Summary |
This extensively researched book illuminates many of the enigmas that have surrounded the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, offering keen insights into Stalins thinking and the reasons for his catastrophic blunder. If, after the war, the Soviet Union had somehow been capable of producing an official inquiry into the catastrophe of 6/22comparable in its mandate to the 9/11 commission hereits report might have read a little like [this book]. ... Murphy brings to his subject both knowledge of Russian history and an insiders grasp of how intelligence is gathered, analyzed and usedor not. Niall Ferguson, New York Times Book ReviewA fascinating and meticulously researched account of mistaken assumptions and errors of judgment that culminated in Hitlers invasion of Russia in June 1941. Never before has this fateful period been so fully documented. Henry A. Kissinger |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-299) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Military leadership
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 fast |
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Stalin, Josif Vissarionovič 1878-1953 gnd |
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Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovič (1878-1953) jhpb |
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Military leadership. nli |
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Stalin, Iosif V. swd |
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Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava gnd |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Military campaigns
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Command of troops
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Politics and government
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Diplomatie
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Russlandfeldzug 1941-1945
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Vorgeschichte
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Fall Barbarossa.
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Inlichtingendiensten.
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Preventie.
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Operacja Barbarossa.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
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| SUBJECT |
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125847
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Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
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Soviet Union
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Sowjetunion
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300130263 |
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0300130260 |
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128172226X |
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9781281722263 |
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9786611722265 |
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6611722262 |
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0300107803 |
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9780300107807 |
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