| Russia At War, 1941-1945
(1964)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 - Soviet Union |
| Publication Date |
1964 |
| Format |
Hardcover (9.1
mm)
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| Publisher |
Dutton |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Personal Details |
| Store |
Powell's City of Books |
| Purchase Price |
$15.50 |
| Acquire Date |
8/13/2013 |
| Rating |
0 |
| Links |
Library of Congress
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
D764 .W48 |
| Dewey |
940.5347 |
| Cover Price |
$10.00 |
| No. of Pages |
1100 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
William L. Shirer's quote on the dust jacket remains true after 50 years: "The best book we probably shall ever have in English on Russia at war." I suspect it may be the best single book on Russia at war regardless of language.
Werth, an English journalist born in St. Petersburg, spent most of the year reporting the war from Russia. As this book shows, Werth was not just a journalist but an historian as well. If you want to learn about the Eastern Front but only want to read one book, this should be it. It covers the entire war effort - political, military, economic, social.
The Soviet war effort was stupendous in many ways. The major battles were enormous in scope and scale. It's easy to find books about each of these battles but one story I'd like to learn more about is the relocation of economic assets east in advance of the Nazis. It boggles my brain. It's one thing to move a factory a thousand miles, assemble it in a building that stood where forest was two weeks before, and be productive in days. But it was much more than that. The Nazis occupied most of Soviet farmland and all their largest mines. It may be that this accomplishment was the one key thing that defeated Hitler's armies. |
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