On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched a massive three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union, and in days his troops were within reach of Moscow. The attack was stunning, but Stalin's response was even more astonishing: during the invasion, the mighty Soviet military stood in place while its soldiers were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands. The Red Army's effort to regain the territory lost in those first ten days cost more than ten million Soviet lives. Drawing on a wealth of newly available documents, the Russian historian Constantine Pleshakov paints a startling portrait of Stalin, one of history's most feared despots, as a vulnerable and paralyzed leader. A fascinating hour-by-hour account, Stalin's Folly illuminates an enigmatic and ruthless figure while providing a new and far deeper understanding of Russian history.

康斯坦丁·普列沙科夫(Constantine Pleshakov)，历史学家和畅销书作家，重点研究二战史和俄国史。近年来，作者充分利用大量解密的苏联档案和资料，对苏联历史问题作了深入的研究，著有《沙皇的最后一支舰队》《斯大林的失误：苏德战争前十天的悲剧》《罗曼诺夫王朝的覆灭：一个家族的历史》《克里姆林宫的冷战：从斯大林到赫鲁晓夫》等。作品出版后，颇受读者欢迎。且被译成中文、法文等多种文字。