Based on the most up-to-date research, an internationally distinguished team of historians compares the two most terrible dictatorships of modernityNazism and Stalinism. Three selected themes are exploredthe leadership cults of Hitler and Stalin; the deadly "war machines" clash of 1941 to 1945; and the ways in which interpretations of the past have shifted in Germany and Russia since the demise of the dictatorships.
An internationally distinguished team of historians of Nazism and Stalinism provide a summary of the most up-to-date research and offer new perspectives on issues linking the two most terrible dictatorships of modernity. Three selected themes are explored: the leadership cults of Hitler and Stalin; the "war machines" engaged in the deadly clash of 1941 to 1945; and the ways in which interpretations of the past have shifted in Germany and Russia since the demise of the dictatorships.