{"product_id":"stalins-war-tragedy-and-triumph-19411945-9780815410324","title":"Stalins War Tragedy and Triumph 19411945","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoyt'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003ePanzers on the Eastern Front\u003ci\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Patriotic War\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eJoseph Stalin: Russia's Last Czar\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast paced and informative, Stalin's War sustains the author's track record. It is one of Hoyt's best. -- Earl Ziemke, Author of \u003ci\u003eMoscow to Stalingrad\u003ci\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStalingrad to Berlin\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003eRommel: Battles\u003ci\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCampaigns and Guderian: Panzer Leader\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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 \u003ci\u003eHunters from the Sky\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSiegfried\u003ci\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e'44\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Cooper Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038455136599,"sku":"9780815410324","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780815410324.jpg?v=1750940359","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stalins-war-tragedy-and-triumph-19411945-9780815410324","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}