{"product_id":"stalin-and-war-19181953-9781032043555","title":"Stalin and War 19181953","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStalin and War, 1918-1953\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to examine the patterns of radicalized internal violence that characterized the Stalinist regime across the whole of the dictator's rule, and it is one of the only works to connect patterns of internal violence to the dictator's perceptions of war and foreign threat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscussion focuses on the crisis years 1928-1932, 1936-1939, the Great Fatherland War, and the last war crisis period, 1947-1953. Violent repressions under Stalin were cyclical. They peaked and ebbed but, in each case, they were linked to Stalin's expectation of war and invasion, to his perceived need for urgent internal mobilization, and to intense foreign policy activity. Stalin's behavior in each of these perceived war crises followed a pattern established during the dictator''s experience as a military commander in the Russian revolutionary wars, and especially during the Polish war in 1919 and 1920. Together, these chapters trace a consistent and interconn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Stalin and War \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 War and the First Crisis: Poland and Peasants, 1918–1921, 1928–1932 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Second Crisis: Germany, Japan, and the Threat of Insurgency, 1936–1939 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Third Crisis: The Great Fatherland War, 1941–1945 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The Final Threat, 1947–1953 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Cycles of Violence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018809344343,"sku":"9781032043555","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032043555.jpg?v=1750778230","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stalin-and-war-19181953-9781032043555","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}