The story—especially the one related to World War II—is full of mysteries and contradictions. Even though many studies have been written on this topic, there is still no agreed date for the war’s start. Questions about who initiated the global conflict remain open. Was it only Germany and Japan who were to blame? Were Poland and Finland victims of Stalin’s ambitions? And who originally supported Hitler and then betrayed him? Yury Mухин in his new book seeks to answer these complex questions and reconsider established ideas about the beginning of the war.