{"product_id":"assured-victory-albert-l-weeks-9780313391651","title":"Assured Victory: How Stalin the Great Won the War, But Lost the Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book documents dictator Joseph Stalin's brilliant tactics as well as missteps in taking preemptive actions that guaranteed ultimate victory over the German invaders. It also covers the policies implemented after the war that made the Soviet Union a menace to world peace and led to collapse of Soviet rule.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA detailed reexamination of historical facts indicates that Stalin could deserve to be regarded as a \"great leader.\" Yet Stalin clearly failed as his nation's leader in a post-World War II milieu, where he delivered the Cold War instead of rapid progress and global cooperation. It is the proof of both Stalin's brilliance and blunders that makes him such a fascinating figure in modern history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, most of the Russian population acknowledges that Stalin achieved \"greatness.\" The Soviet dictator's honored place in history is largely due to Stalin successfully attending to the Soviet Union's defense needs in the 1930s and 1940s, and leading the USSR to victory in the war on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany and its allies. This book provides an overdue critical investigation of how the Soviet leader's domestic and foreign policies actually helped produce this victory, and above all, how Stalin's timely support of a wartime alliance with the Western capitalist democracies assured the defeat of the Axis powers in 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert L. Weeks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313391653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313391651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 28","brand":"Albert L. Weeks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48135978942719,"sku":"9780313391651","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f4176b5-e52b-4d97-a823-b296b4922c35.jpg?v=1770159704","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/assured-victory-albert-l-weeks-9780313391651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}