Stalin's Other War: Soviet Grand Strategy, 1939-1941

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 - Soviet Expansionist Ideology: Propaganda or Blueprint?

2 - Prewar Diplomacy and the Comintern

3 - The Soviets’ Pro-German Posture

4 - Nazi–Soviet Agreements (1939–40)

5 - Stalin Prepares for What Kind of War

6 - Stalin’s Response to “Barbarossa”—I

7 - Stalin’s Response to “Barbarossa”—II

8 - Conclusions

APPENDIX 1 - Stalin’s Third Speech, May 5, 1941

APPENDIX 2 - May 15, 1941, Memorandum

APPENDIX 3 - Stalin’s Speech to the Politburo, August 19, 1939

APPENDIX 4 - Russia’s New History Textbooks

Bibliography

Index

About the Author