Stalin's Generals by Harold Shukman

Stalin's Generals by Harold Shukman

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This is a collection of portraits of 25 of Stalin's generals, written by an international group of distinguished military historians. The book asks how Soviet generals, whose independent judgement was essential to success, could stand up to a bloodthirsty dictator, ignorant of military skill.

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Stalin's Generals by Harold Shukman

Dr Harold Shukman, author and editor of books on the Russian Revolution, has assembled an international group of distinguished military historians. Their portraits of some 25 generals- and a final chapter in those purged in 1937-38, "Stalin's Ghosts"- throw light on the relations between a new miltiary elite anda totalitarian leader, at a time when the very existence of the Soviet state wasin the balance.
Harold Shukman is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, where he was for a number of years Director of the Russian and East European Centre and University Lecturer in Modern Russian History. He edited and translated Dmitri Volkogonov's Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy (1991), Trotsky: The Eternal Re
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ISBN 13 9780753800027
ISBN 10 0753800020
Title Stalin's Generals
Author Harold Shukman
Series Phoenix Giants S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1997-07-14
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.