Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War II on the Eastern Front

On June 22, 1941, radios all over the Soviet Union crackled with the announcement that the country had been attacked by Nazi Germany. But the voice on the airwaves was not the familiar one of Joseph Stalin; it was the voice of his deputy, Molotov. Paralyzed by Hitler's unexpected move, Stalin disappeared completely from public view for the crucial ten days of war on the Eastern Front. In this taut, hour-by-hour account, Constantine Pleshakov draws on a wealth of information from newly opened archives to elucidate the complex causes of the Soviet leader's reaction, revealing the feared despot's unrealized military stratagems as well as his personal vulnerabilities, while also offering a new and deeper understanding of Russian history.

Author: Constantine Pleshakov
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 12/12/2006
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.56w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780618773619

About the Author
Pleshakov, Constantine: - Russian-born Constantine Pleshakov is the author of The Tsar's Last Armada The Flight of the Romanovs, and Inside the Kremlin's Cold War. He is a visiting prefessor of history at Mount Holyoke College.