| The Deadly Embrace: Hitler, Stalin and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939-1941 Contributor(s): Read, Anthony (Author), Fisher, David (With) |
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ISBN: 0393306518 ISBN-13: 9780393306514 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1989 Annotation: An engrossing account of the mutual nonaggression treaty signed by Hitler and Stalin in 1939, and the historical events it produced. Here readers will be able to view the dramatic story of the circumstances behind the signing, and twenty-two months later, the breaking of this notorious pact. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 940.53 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 1.75" H x 5.95" W x 9.15" (2.31 lbs) 736 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: So firmly based upon a close reading of the secondary literature and printed documents, as well as upon archival soundings and interviews, and told with such a sense for the essential drama of the story, that it is easily the most comprehensive and the most interesting history of the Nazi-Soviet pact that we possess. Gordon A. Craig, New York Review of Books" |
Contributor Bio(s): Read, Anthony: - Anthony Read is the author of many books, most recently The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circle. He lives in England. |