Penalty Strike - The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander 1943-45
(2006)
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Front Cover |
Book Details |
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Genre |
Non-Fiction |
Subject |
Berlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945; Pyl'tsyn, A. V. (Aleksandr Vasil'evich), 1923-; Soldiers - Soviet Union - Biography; Soviet Union. Raboche-Krest'ianskaia Krasnaia Armiia - Biography; World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Eastern Front; World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Germany; World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, Soviet |
Publication Date |
9/27/2006 |
Format |
Hardcover (9.2
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5.5
mm)
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Publisher |
Helion and Company Ltd. |
Language |
English |
Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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Personal Details |
Store |
Alibris |
Purchase Price |
$52.75 |
Acquire Date |
7/24/2012 |
Condition |
Fine/Very Good |
Rating |
0 |
Links |
Library of Congress
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Product Details |
LoC Classification |
D757.9.B4 .P9513 2006 |
Dewey |
940.54 |
ISBN |
9781874622635 |
Series |
Soviet Memories of War |
Cover Price |
$49.95 |
No. of Pages |
240 |
First Edition |
No |
Rare |
No |
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Notes/Review |
The author seems to be a died-in-the-wool communist. I suppose that's only natural if one is to survive 40 years in the Soviet army, through WWII and the Stalin years. But it forces one to apply a filter when reading the book - the Soviets only rarely committed atrocities in Germany (the author only mentions seeing one); German civilians feared the Soviets because of propaganda (as if a campaign of rape didn't actually happen); Soviet soldiers, even those in penal battalions, were all patriotic; and so on. But it is an interesting read. Pyl'cyn tells us about his battles and his wounds, and there's a love story in here. |
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