The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941

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First edition (publ. Bodley Head)

The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941 is a 2014 book by the British historian Roger Moorhouse about the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.[1][2]

Despite praising the book for its "masterly" account of the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the historian Richard J. Evans, writing for The Guardian, took exception to the book's "unbalanced treatment" of the crimes of the Soviets over those of the Nazis and asserted that "for all its virtues this is a deeply problematic book".[3] Other reviewers of the book were more positive. The Wall Street Journal described it as "superb"[4] and The Daily Telegraph listed it among its Books of the Year for 2014.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Govrin, Yosef (2015-05-04). "The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939–1941". Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 9 (2): 335–340. doi:10.1080/23739770.2015.1037584. ISSN 2373-9770. S2CID 143362869.
  2. ^ Maiolo, Joseph A. (2015). ""The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941."". Parameters. 45 (1): 170.
  3. ^ Evans, Richard J. (6 August 2014). "The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941 – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  4. ^ Simms, Brendan (30 November 2014). "Comrades in Arms". WSJ – via online.wsj.com.
  5. ^ Rahim, Sameer (15 April 2015). "The best books of 2014". The Daily Telegraph.