Stalin's Folly: The Secret History of the German Invasion of Russia, June 1941.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: June 22, 2006 | Copyright information

Stalin's Folly: The Secret History of the German Invasion of Russia, June 1941. Constantine Pleshakov. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [pounds sterling]20.00. 336 pages. ISBN 0-297-84626-4. Historians have gained enormously by the opening of Russian archives although as Constantine Pleshakov points out, Putin is doing all he can to restrict access. This fast-paced book tells the story of the events behind the German invasion of Russia, told mainly from the Russian side. In colourful detail, we learn all the mistakes made by Stalin in his failure to prepare for Hitler's invasion. Stalin was ...

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