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Summary: Must Read
Review: Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, is without the finest narrative histotry I have ever read. This narrative style, combines military and political commentary mixed with chilling accounts of life at the frontline. I advise you strongly if you read one History book this year it must be this one. It's a book that has a powerful haunting effect upon the reader. This is like no other history book I have ever read. I have not put it down, and I could not say the same for any other history book.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: Amazing book detailing the horror of this war. A must read for everyone
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Summary: Fantastic Non-Fiction Novel For Non-Military Buffs
Review: Stalingrad was the first war history book I have read. I would recommend this people who are not interested in Military. Beevor has written a true tale that is an easy reader and very hard to put down.His narrative captures the bleakness, desperation and humanity of the most incredible situation, wartime or not. My two criticisms would be the lack of coverage of what the Russian High Command were doing and the need for the book to have detachable maps or similar. I found it annoying to be flicking backwards and forwards to familiarise myself with the movements, geography and tactics. This was a fantastic introduction to a genre that I had previously avoided and not understood.
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Summary: Fascinating
Review: I listened to the abridged audio in my car. It was fascinating. The author did a good job of describing what life was like for the soldiers, while at the same time documenting the tactical and strategic aspects of the battle. It is clear that this battle destroyed the Wehrmacht. It was only a matter of time after Stalingrad.
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Summary: The way history should be written
Review: Obviously, Antony Beevor couldn't have been at Stalingrad. This book does not convey that fact. Fortunately (or unfortunately) the battle of Stalingrad happened just over half a century ago. Many of the people who survived the terrible event are still alive to tell the story. Beevor combines such recollections with a thorough and well-organised historical exploration that sucessfully details the reality of, perhaps, the most important battle of the war. The account is bursting with real humanity, revealling the tragedy, stupidity and humour of people immersed in what is for most, unimaginable torture.
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Summary: Stalingrad, the Unimaginable Horror
Review: This book is amazing, it will keep you up and make you read it all night long. I never knew that such horrible conditions had to be endured by both sides of the war. Many pictures and maps, and several accounts of soldiers and generals from both sides.
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Summary: slight anti soviet bias
Review: A gripping book, to be read twice. The only negative criticism is the use of words/ phrases which underline an anti soviet/ communist view, which detracts from the book's otherwise excellent objectivity and fair mindedness.
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Summary: Stalingrad
Review: A very good account. However, Beevor only flirted with what could have been a great piece of historical literature. At the book's best moments, he allows you to get into the city with both German and Russian soldiers and view the scene from the common experience. At the other end, he competently explains the generalmanship the of the battle.
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Summary: excellent
Review: This is an excellent book, but Enemy at the Gates by Wiliam Craig is still the greatest book ever written about the battle for Stalingrad.
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Summary: Stalingrad: The Battle That Lost the War
Review: This was a gripping book, that I couldn't set down, and actually had to read twice, to absorb all the details. One criticism was that the conclusions were left to the reader. Was the German invasion of Russia worth it? Could it have been strategized better? What could have been done? Why was so much effort put in capturing a city which was only occupied for about 2 months? After reading the book, I had my own ideas, so to that end, the book sparked my thoughts. This whole battle was so stupid, I just wanted to re-wind history and not make some of the mistakes that the Reich made. This battle really cost Germany the whole war, and was the first defeat of the Reich, and not just a defeat, a crushing blow and a complete loss of the 6th Army, men, materials, and morale. The Russians were not that better off, losing a couple hundred thousand men, too. A gripping book, that makes you pause about five months in in 1942 which changed the world.
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