Stalin's War: A New History of World War II [Paperback]

A prize-winning historians major new history of the Second World War, arguing that Stalins USSR was the wars driving force.

A provocative revisionist take on the Second World War & McMeekin is a formidable researcher. Financial Times

We remember World War II as a struggle between good and evil, with Hitler propelling events and the Allied powers saving the day. But Hitlers armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inherit the spoils of war. That role belonged to Joseph Stalin.

Hitlers genocidal ambition may have unleashed Armageddon, but as celebrated historian Sean McMeekin shows, the conflicts that emerged were distinctly shaped by Stalins maneuverings, orchestrated to unleash a war between Germany and her capitalist adversaries in Europe and between Japan and the Anglo-Saxon powers in Asia.

Meanwhile, the United States and Britains self-defeating strategy of supporting Stalin and his armies at all costs allowed the Soviets to conquer most of Eurasia, from Berlin to Beijing, for Communism. A groundbreaking reassessment,Stalins Waris essential reading for anyone looking to understand the roots of the current world order.

Sean McMeekinis a professor of history at Bard College. The award-winning author of several books, includingTo Overthrow the World,The Russian Revolution,July 1914, andThe Ottoman Endgame, McMeekin lives in Clermont, New York.“The volume is impressive even by the standard of histories of the second world war … The book is well researched and very well written. It puts forward new ideas and revives some old ones to challenge current mainstream interpretations of the conflict … a new look at the conflict, which poses new questions and, one should add, provides new and often unexpected answers to the old ones.”Guardian“A provocativlã'