Faustian Bargain: The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second Wo

Description: Faustian Bargain by Ian Ona Johnson Offers the full story of a fateful alliance between past and future mortal enemies--long preceding the well-known Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact--whose dimensions were kept secret from the outside world and yet which set the stage for World War Two and its outcome. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, launching World War Two, its army seemed an unstoppable force. The Luftwaffe bombed towns and cities across the country, and fifty divisions of the Wehrmacht crossed the border. Yet only two decades earlier, at the end of World War One, Germany had been an utterly and abjectly defeated military power. Foreign troops occupied its industrial heartland and the Treaty of Versailles reduced the vaunted German army ofWorld War One to a fraction of its size, banning it from developing new military technologies. When Hitler came to power in 1933, these strictures were still in effect. By 1939, however, he had at hisdisposal a fighting force of 4.2 million men, armed with the most advanced weapons in the world. How could this nearly miraculous turnaround have happened?The answer lies in Russia. Beginning in the years immediately after World War One and continuing for more than a decade, the German military and the Soviet Union--despite having been mortal enemies--entered into a partnership designed to overturn the order in Europe. Centering on economic and military cooperation, thearrangement led to the establishment of a network of military bases and industrial facilities on Soviet soil. Through their alliance, which continued for over a decade, Germany gained the space torebuild its army. In return, the Soviet Union received vital military, technological and economic assistance. Both became, once again, military powers capable of a mass destruction that was eventually directed against one another.Drawing from archives in five countries, including new collections of declassified Russian documents, The Faustian Bargain offers the definitive exploration of a shadowy but fateful alliance. Author Biography Ian Ona Johnson is the P.J. Moran Family Assistant Professor of Military History at the University of Notre Dame. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The National Interest, and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, among other publications. Table of Contents PART I: Sowing the WindChapter One: The Bolsheviks ArmyChapter Two: Revolution and ReactionChapter Three: The Treaty of VersaillesChapter Four: The Polish-Bolshevik WarChapter Five: The Corporate ProgramChapter Six: The Road to RapalloChapter Seven: Poison GasChapter Eight: Coups and CountermeasuresChapter Nine: Partners in Mass DestructionChapter Ten: From Fili to LipetskChapter Eleven: The Military FuturistsChapter Twelve: The Junkers ScandalChapter Thirteen: Resetting RelationsChapter Fourteen: Fires and ScandalsChapter Fifteen: Chemical Weapons and Fighter PilotsChapter Sixteen: The Tanks ARriveChapter Seventeen: Winter of CrisisChapter Eighteen: Machines of the FutureChapter Nineteen: Yellow CrossChapter Twenty: HungerPART II: Reaping the WhirlwindChapter Twenty-One: SchliecherChapter Twenty-Two: Rearmament BeginsChapter Twenty-Three: The End of the RepublicChapter Twenty-Four: Enemies AgainChapter Twenty-Five: Long KnivesChapter Twenty-Six: The End of VersaillesChapter Twenty-Seven: War Returns to EuropeChapter Twenty-Eight: Purges and PanicChapter Twenty-Nine: Storm CloudsChapter Thirty: FulfillmentChapter Thirty-One: From Winter to Phony WarChapter Thirty-Two: WhirlwindConclusionNotesIndex Review "Johnsons book is a revelation and a triumph. It lays bare one of the least-known and least-understood of inter-war relationships DS the odious pariahs dance between Germany and the Soviet Union. Well-written and academically impeccable, it is an essential read for everyone interested in the period." -- Roger Moorhouse, author of Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II and The Devils Alliance: Hitlers Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941"Ian Johnson has done extraordinary research, drawing on twenty-three archives in five countries and three languages, which allows him to tell a highly original story: How the German-Soviet partnership of the early 1920s lay at the foundation of European politics in the two decades that followed, helping to determine Stalins Terror, the German armys virulent contempt for Bolshevism, and ultimately the outbreak and conduct of the Second World War and theHolocaust. This is one of the most important and readable books in years on this critical period." -- Benjamin Hett, author of The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War"Ian Johnsons compelling study is a major contribution to twentieth century history.Based on significant research, this study takes forward our knowledge of an important aspect of the background to World War Two." -- Jeremy Black, author of Rethinking Military History"Compelling, elegantly written, and based on meticulous excavation of the archives, Ian Ona Johnsons book forces a reckoning with the interwar continuity of relations between the Soviet Union and their German partnersDLWeimar and Nazi alike. It reveals in captivating detail how Germanys clandestine rearmament shaped the Nazi German Wehrmacht, the Soviet Red Army, and the ultimate destabilization of Europe." -- Jennifer Siegel, The Ohio State University Promotional The story secret partnership between Soviets and Germans in the interwar period Long Description When Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, launching World War Two, its army seemed an unstoppable force. The Luftwaffe bombed towns and cities across the country, and fifty divisions of the Wehrmacht crossed the border. Yet only two decades earlier, at the end of World War One, Germany had been an utterly and abjectly defeated military power. Foreign troops occupied its industrial heartland and the Treaty of Versailles reduced the vaunted German army ofWorld War One to a fraction of its size, banning it from developing new military technologies. When Hitler came to power in 1933, these strictures were still in effect. By 1939, however, he had at his disposal a fighting force of 4.2 million men, armed with the most advanced weapons in the world. Howcould this nearly miraculous turnaround have happened?The answer lies in Russia. Beginning in the years immediately after World War One and continuing for more than a decade, the German military and the Soviet Union--despite having been mortal enemies--entered into a partnership designed to overturn the order in Europe. Centering on economic and military cooperation, the arrangement led to the establishment of a network of military bases and industrial facilities on Soviet soil. Through their alliance, which continued for over a decade, Germanygained the space to rebuild its army. In return, the Soviet Union received vital military, technological and economic assistance. Both became, once again, military powers capable of a mass destruction that was eventually directed against one another.Drawing from archives in five countries, including new collections of declassified Russian documents, The Faustian Bargain offers the definitive exploration of a shadowy but fateful alliance. Review Text "Readers interested in the technical aspects of experiments and in the development of prototypes will benefit from this book. Regarding the political aspects of the cooperation, Johnson confirms the assumptions of the authoritative literature." -- Dietrich Beyrau, H/Soz/Kult"The strength of Johnsons work is that he clearly illustrates that most of the Reichswehrs top leadership had been on board for a war of revenge to assert Germanys primacy on the continent well before Hitler and the Nazis came to power." -- Roger R. Reese, Texas A&M University, The Russian Review"Johnsons book is a revelation and a triumph. It lays bare one of the least-known and least-understood of inter-war relationships DS the odious pariahs dance between Germany and the Soviet Union. Well-written and academically impeccable, it is an essential read for everyone interested in the period." -- Roger Moorhouse, author of Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II and The Devils Alliance: Hitlers Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941"Ian Johnson has done extraordinary research, drawing on twenty-three archives in five countries and three languages, which allows him to tell a highly original story: How the German-Soviet partnership of the early 1920s lay at the foundation of European politics in the two decades that followed, helping to determine Stalins Terror, the German armys virulent contempt for Bolshevism, and ultimately the outbreak and conduct of the Second World War and theHolocaust. This is one of the most important and readable books in years on this critical period." -- Benjamin Hett, author of The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War"Ian Johnsons compelling study is a major contribution to twentieth century history.Based on significant research, this study takes forward our knowledge of an important aspect of the background to World War Two." -- Jeremy Black, author of Rethinking Military History"Compelling, elegantly written, and based on meticulous excavation of the archives, Ian Ona Johnsons book forces a reckoning with the interwar continuity of relations between the Soviet Union and their German partnersDLWeimar and Nazi alike. It reveals in captivating detail how Germanys clandestine rearmament shaped the Nazi German Wehrmacht, the Soviet Red Army, and the ultimate destabilization of Europe." -- Jennifer Siegel, The Ohio State University"The strength of Johnsons work is that he clearly illustrates that most of the Reichswehrs top leadership had been on board for a war of revenge to assert Germanys primacy on the continent well before Hitler and the Nazis came to power. For the German military, a large, modern armed force was key to the restoration of Germanys place in Europe. In their eyes the illegal Soviet-German military cooperation was fundamental toachieving that." --The Russian Review Review Quote "The strength of Johnsons work is that he clearly illustrates that most of the Reichswehrs top leadership had been on board for a war of revenge to assert Germanys primacy on the continent well before Hitler and the Nazis came to power." -- Roger R. Reese, Texas A&M University, The Russian Review "Johnsons book is a revelation and a triumph. It lays bare one of the least-known and least-understood of inter-war relationships DS the odious pariahs dance between Germany and the Soviet Union. Well-written and academically impeccable, it is an essential read for everyone interested in the period." -- Roger Moorhouse, author of Poland 1939: The Outbreak of World War II and The Devils Alliance: Hitlers Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941 "Ian Johnson has done extraordinary research, drawing on twenty-three archives in five countries and three languages, which allows him to tell a highly original story: How the German-Soviet partnership of the early 1920s lay at the foundation of European politics in the two decades that followed, helping to determine Stalins Terror, the German armys virulent contempt for Bolshevism, and ultimately the outbreak and conduct of the Second World War and the Holocaust. This is one of the most important and readable books in years on this critical period." -- Benjamin Hett, author of The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War "Ian Johnsons compelling study is a major contribution to twentieth century history.Based on significant research, this study takes forward our knowledge of an important aspect of the background to World War Two." -- Jeremy Black, author of Rethinking Military History "Compelling, elegantly written, and based on meticulous excavation of the archives, Ian Ona Johnsons book forces a reckoning with the interwar continuity of relations between the Soviet Union and their German partners--Weimar and Nazi alike. It reveals in captivating detail how Germanys clandestine rearmament shaped the Nazi German Wehrmacht, the Soviet Red Army, and the ultimate destabilization of Europe." -- Jennifer Siegel, The Ohio State University "The strength of Johnsons work is that he clearly illustrates that most of the Reichswehrs top leadership had been on board for a war of revenge to assert Germanys primacy on the continent well before Hitler and the Nazis came to power. For the German military, a large, modern armed force was key to the restoration of Germanys place in Europe. In their eyes the illegal Soviet-German military cooperation was fundamental to achieving that." --The Russian Review Feature Selling point: First complete book on a topic that has remained hidden from view for decades, and yet had a major impact on the 20th centurys greatest catastropheSelling point: Will be the definitive book on the fateful alliance of two mortal enemiesSelling point: Author poised to become a major figure in military history New Feature PART I: Sowing the Wind Chapter One: The Bolsheviks Army Chapter Two: Revolution and Reaction Chapter Three: The Treaty of Versailles Chapter Four: The Polish-Bolshevik War Chapter Five: The Corporate Program Chapter Six: The Road to Rapallo Chapter Seven: Poison Gas Chapter Eight: Coups and Countermeasures Chapter Nine: Partners in Mass Destruction Chapter Ten: From Fili to Lipetsk Chapter Eleven: The Military Futurists Chapter Twelve: The Junkers Scandal Chapter Thirteen: Resetting Relations Chapter Fourteen: Fires and Scandals Chapter Fifteen: Chemical Weapons and Fighter Pilots Chapter Sixteen: The Tanks ARrive Chapter Seventeen: Winter of Crisis Chapter Eighteen: Machines of the Future Chapter Nineteen: Yellow Cross Chapter Twenty: Hunger PART II: Reaping the Whirlwind Chapter Twenty-One: Schliecher Chapter Twenty-Two: Rearmament Begins Chapter Twenty-Three: The End of the Republic Chapter Twenty-Four: Enemies Again Chapter Twenty-Five: Long Knives Chapter Twenty-Six: The End of Versailles Chapter Twenty-Seven: War Returns to Europe Chapter Twenty-Eight: Purges and Panic Chapter Twenty-Nine: Storm Clouds Chapter Thirty: Fulfillment Chapter Thirty-One: From Winter to Phony War Chapter Thirty-Two: Whirlwind Conclusion Notes Index Details ISBN0190675144 Author Ian Ona Johnson Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0190675144 ISBN-13 9780190675141 Format Hardcover Subtitle The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War Short Title Faustian Bargain Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 12 black and white illustrations NZ Release Date 2021-11-25 US Release Date 2021-11-25 UK Release Date 2021-11-25 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 2021-11-25 DEWEY 355.03109430947 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-08-25 Pages 384 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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