LEADER 04474cam a2200661Ii 4500001 278660 005 20240621234704.0 008 210507t20212021nyuabcf b 001 0 eng d 010 2020940070 019 1225943767 020 9781610399647 |q(hardcover) 020 1610399641 |q(hardcover) 020 |z9781610399661 |q(eBook) 020 |z1610399668 |q(eBook) 035 (OCoLC)on1143646587 035 278660 043 e-gx---e-ur--- 049 LHMA 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dBDX |dOCLCQ |dHQD |dPX0 |dOCLCO |dSVP |dCLE |dOCLCF |dYU6 |dIMT |dUAP |dGZN |dTXSCH |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 4 DD247.H5 |bR385 2021 050 4 DD247.H5 |bR44 2020 100 1 Rees, Laurence, |d1957- |eauthor. 245 10 Hitler and Stalin : |bthe tyrants and the Second World War / |cLaurence Rees. 250 First US edition. 264 1 New York : |bPublic Affairs, |c2021. 264 4 |c©2021 300 xxxviii, 488 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, maps, portraits ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 336 cartographic image |bcri |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 "Originally published in 2020 by Viking, part of the Penguin Random House group of companies"--Title page verso. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-464) and index. 505 0 The pact -- Eliminating Poland -- Opposite fortunes -- Dreams and nightmares -- Hitler's war of annihilation -- Invasion -- Desperate days -- A World War -- Hunger -- Stalin's overreach -- Across the Steppe -- Struggle on the Volga -- Fighting on -- Fiction and reality -- Mass killing -- Collapse of the centre -- Dying days -- Victory and defeat -- Afterword. 520 The bestselling historian on the dramatic wartime relationship - and shocking similarities - between two tyrants. This compelling book on Hitler and Stalin - the culmination of thirty years' work - examines the two tyrants during the Second World War, when Germany and the Soviet Union fought the biggest and bloodiest war in history. Yet despite the fact they were bitter opponents, Laurence Rees shows that Hitler and Stalin were, to a large extent, different sides of the same coin. Hitler's charismatic leadership may contrast with Stalin's regimented rule by fear; and his intransigence later in the war may contrast with Stalin's change in behaviour in response to events. But at a macro level, both were prepared to create undreamt of suffering, destroy individual liberty and twist facts in order to build the Utopia they wanted, and while Hitler's creation of the Holocaust remains a singular crime, Rees shows why we must not forget that Stalin committed a series of atrocities at the same time. Using previously unpublished, startling eyewitness testimony from soldiers of the Red Army and Wehrmacht, civilians who suffered during the conflict, and those who knew both men personally, bestselling historian Laurence Rees - probably the only person alive who has met Germans who worked for Hitler and Russians who worked for Stalin - challenges long-held popular misconceptions about two of the most important figures in history. This is a masterwork from one of our finest historians. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Hitler, Adolf, |d1889-1945. 600 10 Stalin, Joseph, |d1878-1953. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zGermany. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zSoviet Union. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xAtrocities. 651 0 Germany |xPolitics and government |y1933-1945. 651 0 Soviet Union |xPolitics and government |y1936-1953. 600 17 Hitler, Adolf, |d1889-1945. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00034591 600 17 Stalin, Joseph, |d1878-1953. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00053304 650 7 Atrocities. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00820727 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 Soviet Union. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210281 650 0 World War, 1939-1945. 651 0 Germany |xForeign relations. 651 0 Soviet Union |xForeign relations. 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1933-1953 |2fast 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 852 0 |bscstacks |hDD247.H5 |iR44 2020