Stalin's supposed strategic genius gets short shrift, along with his generalship.

此书对本该大费笔墨的斯大林运筹帷幄和将才的天赋毫不关心。

When a warlike prince attacks a powerful state, his generalship shows itself in preventing the concentration of the enemy's forces. He overawes his opponents, and their allies are prevented from joining against him.

夫霸王之兵，伐大国，则其众不得聚；威加于敌，则其交不得合。