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Book SynopsisHoyt's new book on World War II examines the war from the viewpoint of the Soviet leader, Josef Stalin. Hoyt takes into account how the dictator weakened his own armed forces with purges before the war, yet how after Germany's attack he became immersed in the fight against the Nazis.
Trade ReviewThe Eastern Front was chaos, blood, and destruction on an unimaginable scale. Yet, one man dominated it—Stalin. Edwin Hoyt brings the reader into this maelstrom from the web center of the great tyrant whose paranoia set the Soviet Union up for near destruction but who yet transformed himself into the able warlord who beat the Wehrmacht to death. -- Peter G. Tsouras, Author of
Panzers on the Eastern Front and The Great Patriotic War
The story of the Soviet Union's struggle to victory in World War II is a gripping one and Hoyt retells it with the observant eye of an historian and the narrative drive of a novelist. By the end of Stalin's War it is chillingly clear that the Soviet dictator was as much at war with his own people as he was with the Nazis. -- Steven Otfinoski, Author of Joseph Stalin: Russia's Last Czar
Fast paced and informative, Stalin's War sustains the author's track record. It is one of Hoyt's best. -- Earl Ziemke, Author of Moscow to Stalingrad and Stalingrad to Berlin
This is a powerful horror story about the chaotic, wasteful, war-waging by a dictator who was every bit as murderous as Adolf Hitler. Hoyt's insights into Stalin's mind and into his extravagantly ruthless methods, which caused the quite unnecessary deaths of millions of his own people (let alone his enemies and allies), provides a vivid and unusual contribution to the history of World War II on the enormous Russian Front. -- Kenneth Macksey, Author of Rommel: Battles and Campaigns and Guderian: Panzer Leader
As usual Hoyt can be relied upon to give an exciting, anecdotal account of difficult military and naval subjects. In Stalin's War he excels himself. An excellent read, heartily recommended. -- Charles Whiting, Author of Hunters from the Sky, Siegfried, and '44
