The history of World War II continues, to fascinate scholars and writers, political leaders and statesmen, military specialists and laymen the world over. As before, it stirs people’s hearts and minds. That lasting impact is due to the organic link between present day developments and the realities of the past. This book gives the Soviet view of the causes, principal events and results of the war. The polemic against Western historians aims at a correct understanding of the lessons of the war and of the vital importance of the people’s endeavours in behalf of detente and international security for preventing another world holocaust that might spell the end of civilisation.
Translated from the Russian by Sergei Chulaki
Designed by Igor Saiko
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Contents
Introduction 5
Chapter One
Could the Second World War Have Been Prevented? 11
The Causes of the War 11
Two Worlds Two Policies 29
A Stream of Lies and the Truth of History 57
The Policy of Appeasement Bears Its Fruit 79
Chapter Two
Aggression and Disaster 103
Moscow Stalingrad Kursk 104
The Liberation Mission of the Soviet Armed Forces 137
On the Soviet Contribution to the Victory over Japan 150
Why Is the Bourgeois Concept of “Decisive Battles” Unfounded? 157
Chapter Three
The Sources of Victory over the Aggressors 170
The Economic Factor 172
The Political Factor 193
The Art of War 209
The Vanguard of the People and the Army 221
Chapter Four
The Second World War and Our Time 227
The New Balance of Forces and the Myth of the Soviet Threat 228
Historians vs. History 245
Conclusion 269
Name Index 273
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