Stalin as Warlord

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0300264615 ISBN13: 9780300264616 Release Date: October 2022 Publisher: Yale University Press Length: 376 Pages Weight: 1.25 lbs. Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4" An authoritative account of Stalin as a wartime leader--showing how his paradoxical policies of mass mobilization and repression affected all aspects of Soviet society The Second World War was the defining moment in the history of the Soviet Union. With Stalin at the helm, it emerged victorious at a huge economic and human cost. But even before the fighting had ended, Stalin began to turn against the architects of success. In this original and comprehensive study, Alfred J. Rieber examines Stalin as a wartime leader, arguing that his policies were profoundly paradoxical. In preparation for the war, Stalin mobilized the whole of Soviet society in pursuit of his military goals and intensified the centralization of his power. Yet at the same time, his use of terror w