Does Viktor Suvorov's book "Icebreaker" have a plausible theory or is this just an anti-Stalin political agenda?

by Lab_Software

Suvorov claims that Stalin wanted WW2 as a way to advance the world communist revolution. Stalin helped Germany rebuild its armed forces and supported Hitler in unleashing the war. He wanted Germany and the capitalist countries to fight until they were all exhausted and then the USSR would enter the war, take over all of Europe, and turn it all communist.

The only fly in the ointment was that Hitler attacked the USSR before Stalin had a chance to attack Germany.

Suvorov also claims that Stalin intentionally dismantled the USSR's formidable defensive fortifications because his intention was to fight an offensive war in Europe rather than a defensive war inside the USSR.

Is there any support for this position? Did Stalin actually order the dismantling of his defensive fortifications?

white_light-king

I think this previous thread with solid comments by /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov and /u/Bigglesworth_ got into a pretty good discussion on why more conventional authors of Soviet military history are not convinced by Suvorov.