The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941
Autor Roger Moorhouseen Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 oct 2014
History
remembers
the
Soviets
and
the
Nazis
as
bitter
enemies
and
ideological
rivals,
the
two
mammoth
and
opposing
totalitarian
regimes
of
World
War
II
whose
conflict
would
be
the
defining
and
deciding
clash
of
the
war.
Yet
for
nearly
a
third
of
the
conflict's
entire
timespan,
Hitler
and
Stalin
stood
side
by
side
as
partners.
The
Pact
that
they
agreed
had
a
profound—and
bloody—impact
on
Europe,
and
is
fundamental
to
understanding
the
development
and
denouement
of
the
war.
InThe Devils' Alliance, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse explores the causes and implications of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, an unholy covenant whose creation and dissolution were crucial turning points in World War II. Forged by the German foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and his Soviet counterpart, Vyacheslav Molotov, the nonaggression treaty briefly united the two powers in a brutally efficient collaboration. Together, the Germans and Soviets quickly conquered and divided central and eastern Europe—Poland, the Baltic States, Finland, and Bessarabia—and the human cost was staggering: during the two years of the pact hundreds of thousands of people in central and eastern Europe caught between Hitler and Stalin were expropriated, deported, or killed. Fortunately for the Allies, the partnership ultimately soured, resulting in the surprise June 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Ironically, however, the powers' exchange of materiel, blueprints, and technological expertise during the period of the Pact made possible a far more bloody and protracted war than would have otherwise been conceivable.
Combining comprehensive research with a gripping narrative,The Devils' Allianceis the authoritative history of the Nazi-Soviet Pact—and a portrait of the people whose lives were irrevocably altered by Hitler and Stalin's nefarious collaboration.
InThe Devils' Alliance, acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse explores the causes and implications of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, an unholy covenant whose creation and dissolution were crucial turning points in World War II. Forged by the German foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and his Soviet counterpart, Vyacheslav Molotov, the nonaggression treaty briefly united the two powers in a brutally efficient collaboration. Together, the Germans and Soviets quickly conquered and divided central and eastern Europe—Poland, the Baltic States, Finland, and Bessarabia—and the human cost was staggering: during the two years of the pact hundreds of thousands of people in central and eastern Europe caught between Hitler and Stalin were expropriated, deported, or killed. Fortunately for the Allies, the partnership ultimately soured, resulting in the surprise June 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Ironically, however, the powers' exchange of materiel, blueprints, and technological expertise during the period of the Pact made possible a far more bloody and protracted war than would have otherwise been conceivable.
Combining comprehensive research with a gripping narrative,The Devils' Allianceis the authoritative history of the Nazi-Soviet Pact—and a portrait of the people whose lives were irrevocably altered by Hitler and Stalin's nefarious collaboration.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465030750
ISBN-10: 0465030750
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465030750
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
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Notă biografică
Roger
Moorhousestudied
history
at
the
University
of
London
and
is
a
regular
contributor
to
BBC
History
Magazine.
He
is
the
award-winning
author
ofBerlin
at
WarandKilling
Hitler:
The
Plots,
The
Assassins,
and
the
Dictator
Who
Cheated
Deathand
is
co-author
with
Norman
Davies
ofMicrocosm:
Portrait
of
a
Central
European
City.
Recenzii
Adam
Zamoyski,
author
ofMoscow
1812:
Napoleon's
Fatal
March
“In this profoundly researched, briskly argued, and wonderfully readable book—full of dramatic and darkly comic detail—Roger Moorhouse has done history a great service. He has rescued one of the Second World War's dirtiest little secrets from the shadows into which the pro-Soviet bias of post-war historians had swept it, and reveals in all its moral squalor the deal that made it possible for Hitler to go to war.”
Andrew Roberts, author ofThe Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
“Superbly researched and academically impeccable, yet written with all the pace of a thriller, The Devils' Alliance shines a powerful beam into one of the undeservedly least known aspects of the Second World War. That conflict could not have taken place without the Pact, so anyone wishing to understand how Hitler could have attacked Poland and France, and when and how he did, must read this book, in which the personalities (and treacheries) are as gigantic as the world events they spawned.”
History News Network
“Outstanding and revelatory.”
H-Diplo
“Among the virtues of Roger Moorhouse's lively popular history is that he gives his reader a sense of how historians' understanding of the pact has changed over time as new sources have slowly emerged.... An excellent and vibrant introduction to the subject.”
Library Journal
“Well-researched and well-written.... Moorhouse's accessible prose and clear explication make this a great story for history readers, and his extensive research and documentation help create a critical text for academics focusing on World War II, German history, and Soviet history.”
Publishers Weekly
“Riveting.... Readers of military and diplomatic history as well as those interested in the Holocaust will find this book immensely interesting and informative.”
Kirkus
“A well-researched work offering new understanding of the pact's pertinence to this day.”
Jan T. Gross, Professor of War and Society and Professor of History at Princeton University
“A superb book. Carefully researched and beautifully written, it covers a sorely neglected yet very important chapter of the Second World War. A must-read for anyone even vaguely interested in the history of World War II.”
Guardian, UK
“Moorhouse tells a good story and...he is able to add interesting new details. His account of the negotiation and signing of the pact, finalised by Ribbentrop and Molotov, two men who had become foreign ministers of their respective countries through fawning sycophancy towards their respective leaders, is masterly.”
Washington Times
“[A] vivid, well-researched and gripping account.... Mr. Moorhouse's book is a valuable reminder of this most shameful event.”
Telegraph, UK
“Meticulous and vividly readable.... At a time when tensions are once again simmering in the same Eastern European badlands where the “devils' alliance” was forged, Moorhouse's grim and compelling book could not be more topical.”
Independent, UK
“Moorhouse makes an elegant plea for retrieving the Pact from its "place too often in the footnotes", to disentangle the myths from facts and recast erroneous readings.”
Financial Times, UK
“Moorhouse provides a vivid account, full of primary source material, of the pact's origins and explains how Berlin and Moscow co-operated for almost two years before the partnership collapsed with Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941…The Devils' Allianceis a highly enjoyable history written with verve and attention to detail.”
Winnipeg Free Press,CAN
“While the Second World War has been scrupulously documented, analyzed and liberally interpreted, Moorhouse's knack for combining scholarly and comprehensive research with first-hand and eyewitness testimony creates an engaging, informative, and lucid polemic that adds to the canon.”
Literary Review, UK
“A detailed, up-to-date and highly readable account.”
Open Letters Monthly
“A concrete and well-paced financial and interpersonal accounting of the Russo-German alliance that has not elsewhere been performed nearly as fully as Moorhouse has done here.”
Daily Express, UK
“Superbly detailed and well-written.... Moorhouse, an expert in modern German history uses first-hand and eyewitness testimony to tell a compelling story.”
WWII History Magazine
“[Moorhouse] has done a commendable job, presenting the story in clear prose and fascinating detail.”
“In this profoundly researched, briskly argued, and wonderfully readable book—full of dramatic and darkly comic detail—Roger Moorhouse has done history a great service. He has rescued one of the Second World War's dirtiest little secrets from the shadows into which the pro-Soviet bias of post-war historians had swept it, and reveals in all its moral squalor the deal that made it possible for Hitler to go to war.”
Andrew Roberts, author ofThe Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
“Superbly researched and academically impeccable, yet written with all the pace of a thriller, The Devils' Alliance shines a powerful beam into one of the undeservedly least known aspects of the Second World War. That conflict could not have taken place without the Pact, so anyone wishing to understand how Hitler could have attacked Poland and France, and when and how he did, must read this book, in which the personalities (and treacheries) are as gigantic as the world events they spawned.”
Wall
Street
Journal
“Superb.... The lesson that Mr. Moorhouse's excellent book teaches us is that there should never again be a Russo-German partition of Eastern Europe into ‘spheres of influence.'”
Foreign Affairs
“Moorhouse captures the essence of the wretched deal better than anyone has before.”
New York Review of Books
“A good account by the British historian Roger Moorhouse of what the pact meant for Hitler and Stalin—and, worse, for its victims. Moorhouse concludes his modest introduction: the history of the Nazi-Soviet Pact ‘deserves to be rescued from the footnotes and restored to its rightful place.... I can only hope that this book makes some small contribution to that process.' It does.”
Christian Science Monitor
“Carefully researched and exceptionally readable.... This volume is an important addition to the vast literature on the war and will be a starting place for readers who want to understand this critical aspect of the conflict. Moorhouse offers a wealth of important insights about this unlikely alliance.”
“Superb.... The lesson that Mr. Moorhouse's excellent book teaches us is that there should never again be a Russo-German partition of Eastern Europe into ‘spheres of influence.'”
Foreign Affairs
“Moorhouse captures the essence of the wretched deal better than anyone has before.”
New York Review of Books
“A good account by the British historian Roger Moorhouse of what the pact meant for Hitler and Stalin—and, worse, for its victims. Moorhouse concludes his modest introduction: the history of the Nazi-Soviet Pact ‘deserves to be rescued from the footnotes and restored to its rightful place.... I can only hope that this book makes some small contribution to that process.' It does.”
Christian Science Monitor
“Carefully researched and exceptionally readable.... This volume is an important addition to the vast literature on the war and will be a starting place for readers who want to understand this critical aspect of the conflict. Moorhouse offers a wealth of important insights about this unlikely alliance.”
History News Network
“Outstanding and revelatory.”
H-Diplo
“Among the virtues of Roger Moorhouse's lively popular history is that he gives his reader a sense of how historians' understanding of the pact has changed over time as new sources have slowly emerged.... An excellent and vibrant introduction to the subject.”
Library Journal
“Well-researched and well-written.... Moorhouse's accessible prose and clear explication make this a great story for history readers, and his extensive research and documentation help create a critical text for academics focusing on World War II, German history, and Soviet history.”
Publishers Weekly
“Riveting.... Readers of military and diplomatic history as well as those interested in the Holocaust will find this book immensely interesting and informative.”
Kirkus
“A well-researched work offering new understanding of the pact's pertinence to this day.”
Jan T. Gross, Professor of War and Society and Professor of History at Princeton University
“A superb book. Carefully researched and beautifully written, it covers a sorely neglected yet very important chapter of the Second World War. A must-read for anyone even vaguely interested in the history of World War II.”
Guardian, UK
“Moorhouse tells a good story and...he is able to add interesting new details. His account of the negotiation and signing of the pact, finalised by Ribbentrop and Molotov, two men who had become foreign ministers of their respective countries through fawning sycophancy towards their respective leaders, is masterly.”
Washington Times
“[A] vivid, well-researched and gripping account.... Mr. Moorhouse's book is a valuable reminder of this most shameful event.”
Telegraph, UK
“Meticulous and vividly readable.... At a time when tensions are once again simmering in the same Eastern European badlands where the “devils' alliance” was forged, Moorhouse's grim and compelling book could not be more topical.”
Independent, UK
“Moorhouse makes an elegant plea for retrieving the Pact from its "place too often in the footnotes", to disentangle the myths from facts and recast erroneous readings.”
Financial Times, UK
“Moorhouse provides a vivid account, full of primary source material, of the pact's origins and explains how Berlin and Moscow co-operated for almost two years before the partnership collapsed with Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941…The Devils' Allianceis a highly enjoyable history written with verve and attention to detail.”
Winnipeg Free Press,CAN
“While the Second World War has been scrupulously documented, analyzed and liberally interpreted, Moorhouse's knack for combining scholarly and comprehensive research with first-hand and eyewitness testimony creates an engaging, informative, and lucid polemic that adds to the canon.”
Literary Review, UK
“A detailed, up-to-date and highly readable account.”
Open Letters Monthly
“A concrete and well-paced financial and interpersonal accounting of the Russo-German alliance that has not elsewhere been performed nearly as fully as Moorhouse has done here.”
Daily Express, UK
“Superbly detailed and well-written.... Moorhouse, an expert in modern German history uses first-hand and eyewitness testimony to tell a compelling story.”
WWII History Magazine
“[Moorhouse] has done a commendable job, presenting the story in clear prose and fascinating detail.”
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The Nazi-Soviet Pact stunned the world when it was announced, the Second World War was launched under its auspices with the invasion and division of Poland, and its eventual collapse led to the war's defining and deciding clash.
The Nazi-Soviet Pact stunned the world when it was announced, the Second World War was launched under its auspices with the invasion and division of Poland, and its eventual collapse led to the war's defining and deciding clash.