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Grand delusion, Stalin and the German invasion of Russia, Gabriel Gorodetsky

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Grand delusion, Stalin and the German invasion of Russia, Gabriel Gorodetsky

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Grand delusion

Oclc number

41582182

Responsibility statement

Gabriel Gorodetsky

Sub title

Stalin and the German invasion of Russia

Table Of Contents

Introduction; the premises of Stalin's foreign policy -- 'The truce of the bear' -- 'He who sups with the devil' -- Cripps's mission to Moscow -- Soviet-Italian collusion -- The Soviet seizure of Bessarabia -- British schemes for the Balkans -- The Vienna award; the German encroachment in the Balkans -- Clash over the Danube -- Drang nach Osten; the initial plans -- Soviet intelligence and the German threat -- The Bulgarian corridor to the Turkish Straits -- Molotov's visit to Berlin -- Hitler opts for war -- Postscript; preventive war? -- The British perspective; co-operation or embroilment? -- ?Bulgaria turns to the Axis -- The urge for the StraitsThe Soviet defence plans -- The bankruptcy of the military -- The gathering clouds -- At the crossroads; the Yugoslav coup d'etat -- British intelligence and 'Barbarossa' -- The 'Cryptic' warning -- Rumours of war and a separate peace -- Aftermath -- Japan; the avenue to Germany -- 'Appeasement'; a new German-Soviet pact? -- On the alert -- Emergency deployment -- The conspiracy -- The mission -- Fictitious negotiations -- 'Running the Bolshevik hare' -- Hess as perceived by the Kremlin -- 'Mobilization is war!' -- A Middle East diversion; the flaw in British intelligence -- The Tass communique -- Self-deception -- London; 'This avalanche breathing fire and death' -- 22 June 1941; the long weekend

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