Suvorov, Viktor, pseud. [Rezun, Vladimir Bogdanovich] (1947)	Den´- M. Kogda nachalas´ Vtoraia mirovaia voina? Prodolzhenie knigi 'Ledokol'. M., AO 'Kniga dlia vsekh, 1994. 253 p., bibliography.	€45,00

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8 vo, publisher´s multicolor covers. GOOD TO VERY GOOD. Rare in the book trade in this format. Colophon: Den´-M.Kogda nachalas´Vtoraia mirovaia voina? Nefantasticheskaia povest´-dokument. Kniga vtoraia. First Russian edition ever printed in Russia proper. According to Viktor Suvorov´s published statement the text of this editions distorted and doctored by publishing house editorial board (M.V.Sergeeva,S.Ia.shkliar and Iu.A.Novikova) without his knowledge. 'Editorial changes' were also made without his knowledge.Publishers did not answer authors´ numerous letters and did not return his telephone calls. The publication of 200 000 copies (faked data?) was sponsored by A/O 'Delovaia Rossiia' Bank. Publishers claim this edition was intended for distribution outside Russia proper. ement that all distortions and 'editorial changes' in this edition of 'Den´- M' were made without his knowledge. The book was widely distributed in Russia and outside Russia at very low cost. Viktor Suvorov (real name is Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun) is Russian writer, historian, and a former Soviet military intelligence officer who defected to the UK. Suvorov made his name writing books about the Soviet Army, GRU, and Spetsnaz, but it was his book Icebreaker and several follow-up books about World War II that spurred considerable controversy. Suvorov made his name writing books about the Soviet Army, military intelligence, and special forces, including The Liberators,[ Aquarium,] Inside the Soviet Army, Inside Soviet Military Intelligence] and Spetsnaz, which were partly based on his personal experience. He also joined the team led by the British General Sir John Hackett in writing the book The Third World War: The Untold Story. Published in 1982, this book was the sequel to the 1978 original The Third World War, in which Hackett and his team had speculated about the possible course of a Soviet/NATO war in Germany. Suvorov has written ten books so far about the outbreak of the Nazi-Soviet War in 1941 and the circumstances that led to it. The first such work was Icebreaker, followed by M Day, The Last Republic, Cleansing, Suicide, The Shadow of Victory, I Take it Back, The Last Republic II, The Chief Culprit, Defeat. According to Suvorov, Stalin planned to use Nazi Germany as a proxy (the “Icebreaker”) against the West. For this reason Stalin provided significant material and political support to Adolf Hitler, while at the same time preparing the Red Army to “liberate” the whole of Europe from Nazi occupation. Suvorov argued that Hitler had lost World War II from the very moment he attacked Poland: not only was he going to war with the powerful Allies, but it was only a matter of time before the Soviet Union would seize the opportune moment to attack him from the rear. This left Hitler with no choice but to direct a preemptive strike at the Soviet Union, while Stalin's forces were redeploying from a defensive to an offensive posture in June 1941, providing Hitler with an important initial tactical advantage. But this was strategically hopeless because the Nazis now had to fight on two fronts, a mistake Hitler himself had identified as Germany's undoing in the previous war. In the end of the war, Stalin was able to achieve only some of his initial objectives by establishing Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, China, and North Korea. According to Suvorov, this made Stalin the primary winner of World War II, even though Stalin was not satisfied by the outcome, as he intended to bring Soviet domination to the whole continent of Europe. The works by Suvorov remain a matter of debate among historians. While most agree that Stalin made extensive preparations for an upcoming war and exploited the military conflict in Europe to his advantage, the assertions that Stalin planned to attack Nazi Germany in the summer of 1941, and that Operation Barbarossa was a preemptive strike by Hitler, are disputed. See: http://www.suvorovrezun.com/ ; http://www.richardsorge.com/literatu...zov_review.pdf