Physical Description
xxix, 813 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Flight of the rabid wolf : the long-term impact of the war in the east
Absolute and total war
'A cruel romance' : the Nazi-Soviet alliance and Soviet expansion, August to November 1939
Further Soviet expansion and cooperation with Germany, November 1939 to June 1941
Who planned to attack whom, and how?
The war's worst-kept secret
Iron road east : the country, the forces
Barbarossa unleashed, and the battles of the frontiers
Kremlin at war
Winning oneself to death
Midnight in Moscow
Black snow
White night : Leningrad, September 1941 to February 1944
The 'Grand Alliance'
To the edge of the abyss : the worst year, 1942
From defence to attack : the Caucasus, Stalingrad and Mars
Kursk, and a new professionalism
Destroying the Wehrmacht : Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic : reasserting Soviet control
Victory
New world order.
ISBN
9780375410864
0375410864 (alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 689-788) and index.
Flight of the rabid wolf : the long-term impact of the war in the east -- Absolute and total war -- 'A cruel romance' : the Nazi-Soviet alliance and Soviet expansion, August to November 1939 -- Further Soviet expansion and cooperation with Germany, November 1939 to June 1941 -- Who planned to attack whom, and how? -- The war's worst-kept secret -- Iron road east : the country, the forces -- Barbarossa unleashed, and the battles of the frontiers -- Kremlin at war -- Winning oneself to death -- Midnight in Moscow -- Black snow -- White night : Leningrad, September 1941 to February 1944 -- The 'Grand Alliance' -- To the edge of the abyss : the worst year, 1942 -- From defence to attack : the Caucasus, Stalingrad and Mars -- Kursk, and a new professionalism -- Destroying the Wehrmacht : Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic : reasserting Soviet control -- Victory -- New world order.
