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

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Studies two powerful dictators maneuvering for advantage as they prepared for their fight to the death

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January 1, 1988
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W W Norton & Co Inc (January 1, 1988)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 687 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393025284
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393025286
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.98 x 7.99 inches

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L. Atkins

Great read!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2021

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Excellent detailed insider account of the origins and events leading up to the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact of 1939.Additionally, the author discusses the demise of the treaty through a series of overt and covert violations by Nazi Germany and the subsequent invasion of the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa in 1941.

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Perfect!

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Robert W. Audretsch

Highly Recommended

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2022

Very clear writing style, detailed, well documented. The most detailed book I have read so far on this critical time period.

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Mike B

How Dictators Talk to Each Other

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2012

This is a tremendous account of this startling time period between two of the twentieth centuries great purveyors of evil. The authors write well and at a very personal level, describing the key individuals involved (Molotov, Schulenberg, Ribbentrop - among others). Also recounted are the futile efforts of the British and French to reach some sort of accord with the Soviet Union. One gets the overall impression that Stalin was never interested in this approach from Britain and France - his priorities were the territories he could acquire through his agreements with other nations, as is well illustrated by the secret protocols of Nazi-Soviet Pact. The two dictatorships spoke the same language and understood each others understated intentions, as opposed to the negotiations with the democratic powers.

This book can be quite sardonic in tone, adding to its readability. Almost half of it is concerned with the events leading up to the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Also most of the focus is on the Soviet Union. The authors present the multi-faceted points of view of the participants - Britain, France, Italy, Poland, as well as the Soviet Union and Germany.

By signing the Pact the Soviet Union isolated herself further from the international community and tarnished her image by ruthlessly going to war with Finland. Ironically the Soviet Union tried negotiating with Finland, but did nothing of the sort when arbitrarily occupying Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Stalin and his country paid a terrible historical price for this.

This book is a brilliant narration of this crucial period and illustrates how dictatorships deal sordidly with each other.

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M. Frost

Far too long and far too unfocused. Really a book on German Foreign-Military Policy 1938-1941.

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2014

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[This is a review of the 1988 hardback edition.] While the other reviewers here are more positive than I am, I have to admit I'm entirely ambivalent on this work. I wanted to love it. I ended up liking it initially, for say the first 300 pages, then was bored almost to tears. It is easy to read. It tries to make the history interesting and bring the people to life. But...it is far too long. Far too unfocused. Far too general. And the title, at least this part--"Hitler, Stalin, and the Nazi-Soviet Pact 1939-1941"--seems rather misleading. I wanted an in-depth study of Soviet-Nazi relations in this period. A real analysis of both the economic and foreign policy details and ramifications of the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement and later adjustments (e.g., boundary issues). But this ends up being highly German-centric, covering Nazi Germany's relations with nearly all of Europe. And it spends far too much superficial depth on the military campaigns that were the blitzkrieg of Poland, the Finnish Winter War, the Phoney War, the Norwegian Campaign, and the Falls of Belgium, Holland, and France (as well as Dunkirk). There are also discussions about the Greek Campaign. But this is just general military history, almost done in outline form.

An initial big issue I have is that these authors, like many before and after them, make an attempt to get into the "minds" of evil men like Hitler, Molotov, Ribbentrop, and Stalin. But these are mostly sheer guesses. There is little or no documentary support, as the men themselves didn't dictate or publish their contemporaneous thoughts. Good history is not conjecture and no amount of conjecture can ever really tell us what these men where thinking as they plotted and carried out their evil actions.

A second big issue I have is in regard to the source material for the work. First, do keep in mind that this is NOT an academic work. It is popular history. Thus there is minimal sourcing for the limited end "Source Notes". All they do is point you to the source but not the specific details of the source. For example, if the source is a book, all you get is the title of the work but not a specific page number. So there is no way to verify the information. Second, the authors have relied heavily on diary materials (e.g., Ciano, Halder, Jodl, etc.). Yet even they admit these materials are heavily biased, highly self serving, and not necessarily accurate. In addition, much of the sourcing comes from the official diplomatic/foreign office documents of the various governments. Of course, these documents have their own biases (sometimes more of what they leave out than what they tell).

Third, the work suffers greatly from poor maps! There are not enough of them. And of the few that are here, they are too small and lack many important details related to the text material. Take a few specific issues. There is some discussion of the Suwalki Triangle and the Lithuanian Strip (or Tip). But the former is barely shown on p. 23 (though only if you know where to look as it is unmarked) and on p. 335 (though only the city of Suwalki is specificaly identified. And the latter is never shown anywhere! It was a critical oversight not to have a detailed map that showed the border and boundary disputes tied to Lithuania. Who knows where Ribbentrop wanting his hunting lands? No one every shows the "tip". Another horrible oversight is in regard to the borders of Rumania. There is supposedly a detailed map on p. 470. It shows N. Bukovina and Bessarabia (which the USSR received) as well as S. Dobrudja (which Bulgaria received). But it doesn't show the huge part of Romania received by Hungary! Nor does any map anywhere do justice to the changing borders of Hungary in this time period. It isn't as if these border issues aren't covered in the book, They just aren't supported by decent maps.

Fourth, I can't believe the authors didn't include a lot more statistical data, which could've been done in charts & graphs, covering the actual orders and deliveries of commodities, supplies, and equipment from the USSR to Nazi Germany and vice versus during this period. We only get a vague sense of the size and scope.

Fifth, they range too far afield from their expertise and sourcing at times to give lots of details. This is especially true in regard to the minutia of military equipment. Take just naval discussions. On p. 115 they discuss "the [German] cruiser Nurnberg". They discuss her "formidable array of heavy guns" and claim she is "an elderly ship". Yet the Nurnberg is a light cruiser with only 6" main guns, not a heavy crusier with 8" guns. And she was laid down in 1934 and commissioned in 1935. Thus she was hardly "elderly". And not really that formidable. Then on p. 206 they discuss "the elderly battleship Schleswig-Holstein" and her "formidable array of guns". She was a pre-WW I pre-dreadnaught class ship. She was outdated and obsolete in WW I which was why the victorious Allies let Germany keep her. She possessed only 4 older style shorter caliber 11" guns as her main battle array. So the knowledgeable reader sometimes shakes his head filling in all the details.

I suspect whether the reader likes this book or not may be heavily dependent upon how badly they want to fell like they are "there". The authors go out of their way to give lots of small details about everything from the dinners served at diplomatic functions to the architecture of various buildings to the interior decorating of same. It all adds up to pages and pages of worthless detail that only adds to the length of the work.

So, yes, the work at first seems to be fascinating and a stimulating read. But after about 300 pages or so the reader starts being overwhelmed with a never-ending stream of minutia that distracts from the overall thesis and which covers material that is far better served in other works (e.g., if you want to learn all about the Finnish Winter War, pick up a good book on it; the bibliography gives a few). To give an idea, the invasion of Poland commences on p. 326. Issues tied to the Finnish Winter War cover pages. 370-425.

There are two small sections of b&w photographs. Eight pages between p. 176-177 and eight more pages between p. 496-497.

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Mark S Gross

Good read, but to long

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015

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Great read, very informative. Sometimes repetitive and tedious. Bottom line... I learned alot

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One of the best books on World War II and Totalitarianism

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2008

This is truly great book. Unlike many history books it is written in a very readable style. I have read the original diplomatic transcripts of some of the key meetings here. This book brings them alive. It is also a very good book in getting into the psychology of totalitarianism. Hitler was probably the man Stalin most admired. A good book to read with this is Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939 - 1941: Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Office .

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History Book Lover JD

Outstanding

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2010

An outstanding book. Given the subject matter and the large number of characters involved, the authors did a tremendous job making this book extremely readable and enjoyable. Perfect level of detail and excellent combination of dialogue, character development and background detail.

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Adam Smith

EXCELLENT BOOK

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2014

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EXCELLENT
A well written account of the manoeuvre s of 1939. The book provides a gripping narrative if the people involved in the approach of war. I liked the details such as Stalin listening through a doorway as Molotov negotiated.

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brian boyes

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2018

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Absolute incredible read, a must for anyone interested in WW2 history

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