The Deadly Embrace: Hitler, Stalin and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939-1941 - Softcover

Read, Anthony; Fisher, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393306518 ISBN 13: 9780393306514

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989

Synopsis

“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

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Read is the author of many books, most recently The Devil’s Disciples: Hitler’s Inner Circle. He lives in England.

From Publishers Weekly:

Writing of one of the most unlikely alliances in history, the authors describe the "monstrous chess game" the two dictators played, using whole countries as pieces, while preparing for a battlefield confrontation that would rival anything before or since in bloodshed. PW declared, "There is new material throughout this majestic narrative." Photos.
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About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0393306518
• ISBN 13: 9780393306514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 687