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100 1  Rees, Laurence,|d1957- 
245 10 Hitler and Stalin :|bthe tyrants and the Second World War 
       /|cLaurence Rees. 
250    First US edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bPublic Affairs,|c[2021]. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    [xxxviii, 488 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color), maps, portraits ;|c25 cm] 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
336    cartographic image|bcri|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in 2020 by Viking, part of the 
       Penguin Random House group of companies."--Title page 
       verso. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |tThe pact --|tEliminating Poland --|tOpposite fortunes --
       |tDreams and nightmares --|tHitler's war of annihilation -
       -|tInvasion --|tDesperate days --|tA World War --|tHunger 
       --|tStalin's overreach --|tAcross the Steppe --|tStruggle 
       on the Volga --|tFighting on --|tFiction and reality --
       |tMass killing --|tCollapse of the centre --|tDying days -
       -|tVictory and defeat --|tAfterword. 
520    The bestselling historian on the dramatic wartime 
       relationship - and shocking similarities - between two 
       tyrants. This compelling book on Hitler and Stalin - the 
       culmination of thirty years' work - examines the two 
       tyrants during the Second World War, when Germany and the 
       Soviet Union fought the biggest and bloodiest war in 
       history. Yet despite the fact they were bitter opponents, 
       Laurence Rees shows that Hitler and Stalin were, to a 
       large extent, different sides of the same coin. Hitler's 
       charismatic leadership may contrast with Stalin's 
       regimented rule by fear; and his intransigence later in 
       the war may contrast with Stalin's change in behaviour in 
       response to events. But at a macro level, both were 
       prepared to create undreamt of suffering, destroy 
       individual liberty and twist facts in order to build the 
       Utopia they wanted, and while Hitler's creation of the 
       Holocaust remains a singular crime, Rees shows why we must
       not forget that Stalin committed a series of atrocities at
       the same time. Using previously unpublished, startling 
       eyewitness testimony from soldiers of the Red Army and 
       Wehrmacht, civilians who suffered during the conflict, and
       those who knew both men personally, bestselling historian 
       Laurence Rees - probably the only person alive who has met
       Germans who worked for Hitler and Russians who worked for 
       Stalin - challenges long-held popular misconceptions about
       two of the most important figures in history. This is a 
       masterwork from one of our finest historians. 
600 10 Hitler, Adolf,|d1889-1945. 
600 10 Stalin, Joseph,|d1878-1953. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|zGermany. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|zSoviet Union. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xAtrocities. 
651  0 Germany|xPolitics and government|y1933-1945. 
651  0 Soviet Union|xPolitics and government|y1936-1953. 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft