Hitler and Stalin : the tyrants and the Second World War
Rees, Laurence, 1957-2021
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This compelling book on Hitler and Stalin - the culmination of 30 years' work - examines the two tyrants during WWII, 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 utopias 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.
Main title:
Hitler and Stalin : the tyrants and the Second World War / Laurence Rees.
Author:
Rees, Laurence, 1957-, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2021.
Collation:
xxxviii, 490 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: UK: Viking, 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241979693 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5343940.534
Language:
English
Subject:
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953World War, 1939-1945 -- GermanyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet UnionGermany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953World War, 1939-1945 -- AtrocitiesWarfare and DefenceWest GermanyRussiaBiography: historical, political & militaryEuropean historyThe Holocaust
BRN:
772463