Article: Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953.(Brief article)(Book review)

Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953. Geoffrey Roberts. Yale University Press. [pounds sterling]25.00. xxii + 468 pages. ISBN 978-0-300-11204-7. This is a study of Stalin's 'military and political leadership in the final and most important phase of his life and career'. Prof. Roberts argues that however evil he was as dictator, Stalin was a 'very effective and highly successful war leader' without whom Russia would not have defeated Hitler. Likewise, Stalin, he argues, genuinely wanted to continue the alliance with the Western powers and after 1945 genuinely wanted Detente with the West. Finally, the regime under Stalin after 1945, was not as horrific as before ...

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