Hitler and Stalin : the tyrants and the Second World War / Laurence Rees.

By:

Rees, Laurence, 1957-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Public Affairs, Hachette Book Group, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: xxxviii, 488 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781610399647 (hardcover)
1610399641 (hardcover)

Other title:

Tyrants and the Second World War

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LOC classification:

302 DD 247 R328h 2021

Contents:

The pact Eliminating Poland Opposite fortunes Dreams and nightmares Hitler's war of annihilation Invasion Desperate days A World War Hunger Stalin's overreach Across the Steppe Struggle on the Volga Fighting on Fiction and reality Mass killing Collapse of the centre Dying days Victory and defeat Afterword

Summary: "Two 20th century tyrants stand apart from all the rest in terms of their ruthlessness and the degree to which they changed the world around them. Briefly allies during World War II, Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin then tried to exterminate each other in sweeping campaigns unlike anything the modern world had ever seen, affecting soldiers and civilians alike. Millions of miles of Eastern Europe were ruined in their fight to the death, millions of lives sacrificed. Laurence Rees has met more people who had direct experience of working for Hitler and Stalin than any other historian. Using their evidence he has pieced together a compelling comparative portrait of evil, in which idealism is polluted by bloody pragmatism, and human suffering is used casually as a political tool. It's a jaw-dropping description of two regimes stripped of moral anchors and doomed to destroy each other, and those caught up in the vicious magnetism of their leadership"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	302 DD 247 R328h 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000157453

"Originally published in 2020 by Viking, part of the Penguin Random House group of companies"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-464) and index.

The pact
Eliminating Poland
Opposite fortunes
Dreams and nightmares
Hitler's war of annihilation
Invasion
Desperate days
A World War
Hunger
Stalin's overreach
Across the Steppe
Struggle on the Volga
Fighting on
Fiction and reality
Mass killing
Collapse of the centre
Dying days
Victory and defeat
Afterword

"Two 20th century tyrants stand apart from all the rest in terms of their ruthlessness and the degree to which they changed the world around them. Briefly allies during World War II, Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin then tried to exterminate each other in sweeping campaigns unlike anything the modern world had ever seen, affecting soldiers and civilians alike. Millions of miles of Eastern Europe were ruined in their fight to the death, millions of lives sacrificed. Laurence Rees has met more people who had direct experience of working for Hitler and Stalin than any other historian. Using their evidence he has pieced together a compelling comparative portrait of evil, in which idealism is polluted by bloody pragmatism, and human suffering is used casually as a political tool. It's a jaw-dropping description of two regimes stripped of moral anchors and doomed to destroy each other, and those caught up in the vicious magnetism of their leadership"-- Provided by publisher.

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