The book directly challenges Western revisionist historians (e.g., William Appleman Williams, Gabriel Kolko) who blamed US capitalism for the Cold War. Topitsch places responsibility firmly on Stalin’s rational, expansionist power calculus.
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challenges the traditional "Western-centric" view of World War II's origins. The Core Thesis: Stalin as the Puppet Master If you want additions (summary, critique, citations, or
Stalin's War: A Radical New Look at the Origins of World War II (Originally published in German as Stalins Krieg , 1985) Author: Ernst Topitsch (Austrian philosopher and sociologist) The Hook: What if Adolf Hitler wasn’t the primary architect of World War II, but rather a pawn in a grand Soviet strategy to destroy the West? If you want additions (summary