Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
"This book is a study of the responses of the Soviet Union to the various European crises of the 1930s that led to World War II. It is based on research into the substantial body of political and diplomatic documents that has become accessible to scholars since the opening of the former Soviet archives in 1992"--Jacket.
Stalin and the inevitable war.
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Stalin e la guerra inevitabile.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Causes.
World War, 1939-1945-- Diplomatic history.
Außenpolitik
Buitenlandse politiek.
Diplomatic history.
Diplomatic relations.
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945)-- Histoire diplomatique.