Pariahs, Partners, Predators: German-Soviet Relations, 1922-1941

By Aleksandr M. Nekrič

This work draws on both German archives and the recently opened Central Party Archive in Moscow to provide insight into Stalin's strategy and tactics and Hitler's real agenda in German-Soviet relations. It demonstrates that Hitler's gradual normalization of relations with Stalin was part of a plan to use Russian supplies for the German invasion of Poland. It also addresses the question of whether the Soviet Union was planning a preemptive attack on Germany in 1941, arguing that Stalin could never have countenanced such an attack.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231106769
• ISBN13: 9780231106764
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher