I generally approve of his call to "normalize" history, whether it be the history of Russia or Germany in the 1930s-1940s or anywhere else. At the same time, evidence continues to emerge to vindicate Viktor Suvorov's thesis about the Soviet preparations for war (which I liberally drew on in my response to Cannoli, above). In Russia, at least, it seems that a preponderance of historians are won over to his general point, and even his opponents have had to concede that Stalin was going to attack by 1942 at the latest. Evans has been very critical of Suvorov's writings (though on what basis, I can't say, since he doesn't seem to be a Soviet expert in the least), so I can't say that I love his viewpoint.