{"product_id":"faustian-bargain-9780190675141","title":"Faustian Bargain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers the full story of a fateful alliance between past and future mortal enemies--long preceding the well-known Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact--whose dimensions were kept secret from the outside world and yet which set the stage for World War Two and its outcome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders interested in the technical aspects of experiments and in the development of prototypes will benefit from this book. Regarding the political aspects of the cooperation, Johnson confirms the assumptions of the authoritative literature. * Dietrich Beyrau, H\/Soz\/Kult *\u003cbr\u003eThe strength of Johnson's work is that he clearly illustrates that most of the Reichswehr's top leadership had been on board for a war of revenge to assert Germany's primacy on the continent well before Hitler and the Nazis came to power. * Roger R. Reese, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, The Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003eJohnson's book is a revelation and a triumph. It lays bare one of the least-known and least-understood of inter-war relationships – the odious pariahs' dance between Germany and the Soviet Union. Well-written and academically impeccable, it is an essential read for everyone interested in the period. * Roger Moorhouse, author of Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II and The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941 *\u003cbr\u003eIan Johnson has done extraordinary research, drawing on twenty-three archives in five countries and three languages, which allows him to tell a highly original story: How the German-Soviet partnership of the early 1920s lay at the foundation of European politics in the two decades that followed, helping to determine Stalin's Terror, the German army's virulent contempt for Bolshevism, and ultimately the outbreak and conduct of the Second World War and the Holocaust. This is one of the most important and readable books in years on this critical period. * Benjamin Hett, author of The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War *\u003cbr\u003eIan Johnson's compelling study is a major contribution to twentieth century history.Based on significant research, this study takes forward our knowledge of an important aspect of the background to World War Two. * Jeremy Black, author of Rethinking Military History *\u003cbr\u003eCompelling, elegantly written, and based on meticulous excavation of the archives, Ian Ona Johnson's book forces a reckoning with the interwar continuity of relations between the Soviet Union and their German partners—Weimar and Nazi alike. It reveals in captivating detail how Germany's clandestine rearmament shaped the Nazi German Wehrmacht, the Soviet Red Army, and the ultimate destabilization of Europe. * Jennifer Siegel, The Ohio State University *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an important book nonetheless for revealing the full nature of the Soviet-German relationship in the 1920s and early 1930s,...The writing is clear and there is an image section that is as original as the main subject area of the book. * Richard Overy, University of Exeter *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a well-written and extremely well-documented treatment of the subject. * Evan Mawdsley, University of Glasgow, Journal of Modern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: Sowing the Wind  Chapter One: The Bolshevik's Army Chapter Two: Revolution and Reaction Chapter Three: The Treaty of Versailles Chapter Four: The Polish-Bolshevik War Chapter Five: The Corporate Program Chapter Six: The Road to Rapallo Chapter Seven: Poison Gas Chapter Eight: Coups and Countermeasures Chapter Nine: Partners in Mass Destruction Chapter Ten: From Fili to Lipetsk Chapter Eleven: The Military Futurists Chapter Twelve: The Junkers Scandal Chapter Thirteen: Resetting Relations Chapter Fourteen: Fires and Scandals Chapter Fifteen: Chemical Weapons and Fighter Pilots Chapter Sixteen: The Tanks ARrive Chapter Seventeen: Winter of Crisis Chapter Eighteen: Machines of the Future Chapter Nineteen: Yellow Cross Chapter Twenty: Hunger  PART II: Reaping the Whirlwind  Chapter Twenty-One: Schliecher Chapter Twenty-Two: Rearmament Begins Chapter Twenty-Three: The End of the Republic Chapter Twenty-Four: Enemies Again Chapter Twenty-Five: Long Knives Chapter Twenty-Six: The End of Versailles Chapter Twenty-Seven: War Returns to Europe Chapter Twenty-Eight: Purges and Panic Chapter Twenty-Nine: Storm Clouds Chapter Thirty: Fulfillment Chapter Thirty-One: From Winter to Phony War Chapter Thirty-Two: Whirlwind  Conclusion  Notes  Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524556431703,"sku":"9780190675141","price":26.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190675141.jpg?v=1731857243","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/faustian-bargain-9780190675141","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}