{"title":"Constantine Pleshkov","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-loucura-de-stalin","title":"Stalin's Madness","description":"Drawing on recently declassified documents, Russian writer and historian Constantine Pleshakov narrates the secret history of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Stalin's Madness reveals what really happened during the tragic first ten days of the greatest ground assault of all time, showing how Stalin massacred his own soldiers to maintain power. In a tense account that offers a new and deeper understanding of history, Pleshakov portrays the Russian leader, the feared despot, as a vulnerable and inert being who, at a decisive moment, left his country leaderless. For BBC History Magazine, the author \"masterfully conveys the sighs, sounds, and smells of the chaotic Soviet retreat during those fateful days.\" In July 1941, Adolf Hitler came very close to winning the war. The German dictator, ignoring the non-aggression pact, launched a violent three-pronged attack against the Soviet Union, and within 72 hours, his troops were on the verge of reaching Moscow. Refusing to believe that the Germans would strike first, despite numerous warnings, Stalin prevented his generals from taking any action in the crucial early stages of the invasion. As Hitler advanced on Soviet territory, Stalin abandoned the army. The results were the death of one in six soldiers in the first days of fighting, the air force virtually annihilated before it even took flight, and hundreds of thousands of Soviets killed during the retreat into the interior. In short, the Red Army's effort to recapture the lost territories in less than two weeks cost more than ten million Soviet lives. \"Stalin's sheer madness in those first ten days of the war made Hitler's triumph very likely,\" writes the author. \"Thanks to the Soviet dictator's deranged brain, in June 1941 the world came very close to plunging into the worst calamity in history.\" Set against a disturbing backdrop of human suffering caused by a dictator's insanity, Constantine Pleshakov's Stalin's Madness is a dense and enlightening read.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175480508668,"sku":"9788574320854","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/aa96387a8658cbd7cfd460788965145e.jpg?v=1778319356"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/constantine-pleshkov.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}