Quite a few works on the Soviet response to operation Barbarossa will mention it.
Stumbling Colossus (David Glantz) is a decent book that’s very readable, and it at the very least mentions this.
There’s also What Stalin Knew: the Enigma of Barbarossa, (David Murphy), which looks at the intelligence supplied to Stalin. It paints a picture that Stalin thought he was being lied to by people who wanted to attack Germany before they were ready, so he ignored all signs of the incoming attack.
I don’t really know any book that goes in depth on Stalin’s far future plans that would never come to pass, but it’s mentioned a fair bit.
IDK, I get what you’re saying, but I feel like if this was as compelling and obvious as you’re saying some historians would also say it.
I just got disillusioned about Lindybeige not knowing what he’s talking about, so maybe I’m extra skeptical.
Quite a few works on the Soviet response to operation Barbarossa will mention it.
Stumbling Colossus (David Glantz) is a decent book that’s very readable, and it at the very least mentions this.
There’s also What Stalin Knew: the Enigma of Barbarossa, (David Murphy), which looks at the intelligence supplied to Stalin. It paints a picture that Stalin thought he was being lied to by people who wanted to attack Germany before they were ready, so he ignored all signs of the incoming attack.
I don’t really know any book that goes in depth on Stalin’s far future plans that would never come to pass, but it’s mentioned a fair bit.