Stalin
Joseph Stalin was perhaps on of the biggest mass murderers of the twentieth century. From the purges in the Red Army to forced relocations, Stalin had the blood of millions on his hands. This essay is not going to debate the fact that this was indeed a brutal and power hungry individual, because he was indeed just that. I will on the other hand show you that through his way of governing the Soviet Union, he actually saved mother Russia from the German invasion in World War Two through he cunning and ruthlessness. Joseph Stalin was a very industrious person and used every means possible to better prepare his country for the coming war that he believed was inevitable. Wether it was diplomatic plotting, economic maneuvering, or just plain brute force, Stalin used every tool in his vast arsenal. The following are some of the more important decisions and methods that Stalin employed. Stalin was forced to consolidate his power through harsh means to better rule the Soviet Union. He ordered the five year plans to industrialize the nation and ordered one of the largest military build up plans ever. Stalin attempted many times to reach a diplomatic solution and ways to delay war with the Axis powers while at the same time trying to guaran
3-To strengthen in every way the military might of the Red Army and Navy. Alexander Werth, Russia at War, (London: Barrie and Rockcliff, 1964) Stalin had attempted many dfferent diplomatic solutions with both the Allied and Axis power and tried to delay the Soviet Unions involvement in the war as long as possible. Stalin absolutely did not want to involve his country his country in the war unless he absolutely had to and even then he wanted to manoeuver it so the Red Army would only play a supporting role. Even long before the war, Stalin carefullly distinguished between the "aggressive" powers (Germany, Italy, japan) and the "non-aggressive" powers (France, Britain, USA, Canada). For the early part of the 1930's Stalin really didn't have a firm foreign policy. The only thing that his foreign policy did at the time was look out for the Soviet Union and nothing else. This can be best understood from an excerpt from one of his speeches to the sixteenth congress: 'We do not want a single foot of foreign territory, but we will not surrender a single inch of our territory either.' this policy did not change until the late 1930's when the real threat of a Second World War became apparent. Stalin now wanted to create a firm foreign policy to better open up dialogues with neighboring countries as the rush was on to create alliances to better prepare for the imminent threat of war. The policy that was created was one that stressed defense as well as opening up and maintaining relations with other countries. 2-To observe the greatest caution and not to allow our country to be drawn into conflicts by war provocateurs, who were in the habit of getting others to save them when they got in over there head.
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Approximate Word count = 3221
Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page double spaced)
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