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

Author: Constantine Pleshakov Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780618773619 9780618367016 0618773614 0618367012

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. Similar books: Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale Absolute War by Chris Bellamy Russia's War by Richard Overy The Road to Stalingrad by John Erickson Moscow 1941 by Rodric Braithwaite The Tsar's Last Armada by Constantine Pleshakov Barbarossa by Alan Clark When Titans Clashed by David M. Glantz Colossus Reborn by David M. Glantz Enemy at the Gates by William Craig A Writer at War by Vasily Grossman The Struggle for Europe by Chester Wilmot A War To Be Won by Williamson Murray Stumbling Colossus by David M. Glantz The Battle of Kursk by David M. Glantz Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Indianapolis by Lynn Vincent Shattered Sword by Jonathan Parshall