Crossing the Rubicon: Soviet plans for offensive war in 1940-1941

International History Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 818-865

  Mawdsley, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052129563     PISSN: 07075332     EISSN: 19496540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07075332.2003.9641015     Document Type: Review

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