A Critical Review Of Ernst Topitsch’s Stalin’s War: A Radical New Theory Of The Origins Of The Second World War

Who started World War II? Was it Hitler or Stalin? This is the question that Ernst Topitsch, a controversial Austrian philosopher and historian, tried to answer in his book Stalins War: A Radical New Theory of the Origins of the Second World War. In this book, he argued that Stalin was the main instigator of the war and that he had a grand strategy to conquer Europe and the world. He also accused the Western allies of appeasing Stalin and ignoring his aggressive intentions. In this article, we will review some of the main arguments and evidence that Topitsch presented in his book, as well as some of the counterarguments and criticisms that have been raised against it.

A Critical Review of Ernst Topitsch’s Stalin’s War: A Radical New Theory of the Origins of the Second World War

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