The Tukhachevsky Affair
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: pages can have notes and/or underlining
In the shadow of Stalin's iron grip on the Soviet Union, one of the most chilling episodes of political betrayal and judicial murder unfolded — the destruction of Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky, the Red Army's most brilliant strategic mind. The Tukhachevsky Affair by Victor Alexandrov reconstructs the harrowing 1937 show trial and the elaborate web of deception, forged documents, and Stalinist paranoia that condemned one of the USSR's greatest military commanders to death, gutting the Red Army's officer corps on the eve of World War II. Translated from the French by John Hewish, Alexandrov's account is a meticulously researched work of historical investigation that uncovers the sinister interplay between Soviet internal politics and Nazi German intelligence, which allegedly fabricated evidence to accelerate Tukhachevsky's downfall. Written with the authority of a seasoned chronicler of Soviet affairs, the narrative illuminates the catastrophic consequences of Stalin's purges — consequences that would leave the Red Army dangerously unprepared for Hitler's 1941 invasion. A sobering testament to how power, fear, and deception can erase even the most accomplished of men, this work leaves the reader asking a haunting question: how differently might history have unfolded had Tukhachevsky lived?
Author: Victor Alexandrov
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Genre: Military history
Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: pages can have notes and/or underlining
In the shadow of Stalin's iron grip on the Soviet Union, one of the most chilling episodes of political betrayal and judicial murder unfolded — the destruction of Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky, the Red Army's most brilliant strategic mind. The Tukhachevsky Affair by Victor Alexandrov reconstructs the harrowing 1937 show trial and the elaborate web of deception, forged documents, and Stalinist paranoia that condemned one of the USSR's greatest military commanders to death, gutting the Red Army's officer corps on the eve of World War II. Translated from the French by John Hewish, Alexandrov's account is a meticulously researched work of historical investigation that uncovers the sinister interplay between Soviet internal politics and Nazi German intelligence, which allegedly fabricated evidence to accelerate Tukhachevsky's downfall. Written with the authority of a seasoned chronicler of Soviet affairs, the narrative illuminates the catastrophic consequences of Stalin's purges — consequences that would leave the Red Army dangerously unprepared for Hitler's 1941 invasion. A sobering testament to how power, fear, and deception can erase even the most accomplished of men, this work leaves the reader asking a haunting question: how differently might history have unfolded had Tukhachevsky lived?