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Article: How Uncle Joe duped Churchill; 'Uncle Joe' Stalin: The main 'victor' of World War II.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 21, 2008
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Byline: Peter Lewis
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: STALIN, THE NAZIS AND THE WEST by Laurence Rees (BBC Books, [pounds sterling]20)
READERS of this book and watchers of the accompanying TV series on BBC2 are in for a shock.
At least the author, Laurence Rees, the awardladen producer of documentaries on Auschwitz and the Nazis, intends us to be.
We take for granted that of all wars, World War II was necessary and morally justified.
Rees ends his book: 'The popular myth is that an alliance of good people fought an alliance of bad people ... it's sad to let it go.
But let it go we must.'