Grand Delusion: Stalin and the German Invasion of Russia

by Gabriel Gorodetsky

This important book draws on vital new archival material to unravel the mystery of Hitler's invasion of Russia in 1941 and Stalin's enigmatic behavior on the eve of the attack. Challenging the currently popular view that Stalin was about to invade Germany when Hitler made a preemptive strike, Gorodetsky argues that Stalin was actually negotiating for peace in order to redress the European balance of power.

Genres: History, Russia, World War II, Nonfiction, Germany, Russian History, Soviet History

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Gabriel Gorodetsky is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, and emeritus professor of history at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Grand Delusion: Stalin and the German Invasion of Russia.