Stalin's War: A New History of World War II

A prize-winning historian's major new history of the Second World War, arguing that Stalin's USSR was the war's driving force.

“A provocative revisionist take on the Second World War ... McMeekin is a formidable researcher.” -Financial Times

We remember World War II as a struggle between good and evil, with Hitler propelling events and the Allied powers saving the day. But Hitler's armies did not fight in multiple theaters, his empire did not span the Eurasian continent, and he did not inhe...