false 716603 3 <div><div><div>This brilliant new work by the author of the best-selling <i>Five Days in London, May 1940</i> is an unparalleled drama of two great leaders confronting each other in June 1941. It describes Hitler and Stalin&#8217;s strange, calculating, and miscalculating relationship before the German invasion of Soviet Russia, with its gigantic (and unintended) consequences. John Lukacs questions many long-held beliefs; he suggests, for example, that among other things Hitler&#8217;s first purpose involved England: if Stalin&#8217;s Communist Russia were to be defeated, Hitler&#8217;s Third Reich would be well-nigh invincible, and the British and American peoples would be forced to rethink the war against Hitler. </div><div> </div><div>The book offers penetrating insights and a new portrait of Hitler and Stalin, moved by their long-lasting inclinations. Yet among other things, Lukacs presents evidence that Hitler (rather than his generals) had moments of dark foreboding before the invasion. Stalin could not, because he wished not, believe that Hitler would choose the risk of a two-front war by attacking him; he was stunned and shocked and came close to a breakdown. But he recovered, grew into a statesman, and eventually became a prime victor of the Second World War. Such are the ironies of history; John Lukacs paints them with a shining narrative skill.</div></div></div> 183302 2006 June 1941: Hitler and Stalin total:9|5:2|4:2|3:2|2:2|1:1| 9 29 20 1 189605 0300114370 9780300114379 3 1 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172549653m/189605.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189605.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 3 0 false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 19:27:15 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 19:28:06 -0700 2008 A little light, by Lukacs' standards.]]> 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Sun Nov 29 10:18:10 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 10:18:10 -0800 2009 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Mon Sep 14 22:42:11 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 22:42:11 -0700 2009 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 2 0 false Wed Sep 02 20:24:26 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 19:06:13 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 20:24:26 -0700 2009 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Mon Aug 24 21:29:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 21:29:26 -0700 2009 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Fri Aug 07 19:44:03 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 19:44:03 -0700 2009 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Fri Jun 19 16:29:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 16:29:44 -0700 2009 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 22:08:59 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 22:09:02 -0800 2009 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Fri Sep 19 11:16:39 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 11:16:39 -0700 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Fri Jul 25 12:21:25 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 12:21:25 -0700 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Thu Jun 12 16:37:33 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 15:55:29 -0700 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 4 0 false Wed May 07 13:10:46 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:10:46 -0700 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Mon Apr 28 14:22:38 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 14:22:38 -0700 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Fri Mar 07 17:10:51 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 17:10:55 -0800 2008 189605 0300114370 9780300114379 3 1 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172549653m/189605.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189605.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 4 0 false Fri Feb 29 11:37:08 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 11:37:08 -0800 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 5 0 true Sun Feb 17 10:49:12 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 10:49:23 -0800 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 0 0 false Sat Jan 26 15:03:10 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 15:03:16 -0800 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 25 15:32:25 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 06 11:39:42 -0800 2008 716603 0300123647 9780300123647 6 0 3.22 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716603.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 5 0 false Sat Jun 23 09:45:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 09:45:00 -0700 2007 189605 0300114370 9780300114379 3 1 3.22 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172549653m/189605.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189605.June_1941_Hitler_and_Stalin 1 0 false Fri Jun 15 20:46:24 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 20:46:24 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=716603