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Stalingrad: How the Red Army Triumphed (Pen & Sword Military) Hardcover – 19 April 2007

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Michael K. Jones's new history of Stalingrad offers a radical reinterpretation of the most famous battle of the Second World War. His concise and compelling account combines eyewitness testimony, a painstaking study of the battleground and the previously unpublished recollections of senior Red Army officers who give a dramatic insight into the thinking of the Russian high command. In particular he focuses on the story of the Russian 62nd Army which began the campaign in utter demoralisation, yet turned the tables on the powerful German 6th Army which Hitler claimed could storm the gates of heaven itself. As he recounts the course of the battle and seeks to explain the Red Army's extraordinary performance, the author takes a novel approach - battle psychology. He emphasizes the vital role of leadership, morale and motivation which were critical factors in a triumph that turned the course of the war.

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224 pages
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English
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Pen & Sword Military
Publication date

19 April 2007
Dimensions

16.5 x 3.1 x 23.9 cm
ISBN-10

1844155439
ISBN-13

978-1844155439
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`Michael Jones' book...represents a milestone in the treatment
of the battle.... Jones is able to zero in on the psychological state of
Red Army combatants and successfully determine just what motivated them to
fight and endure as they did in such extreme circumstances....The result is
highly effective and utterly captivating. Previous accounts have been
unable to fully convey the desperate ferocity of the battle. Now we see it
in all its horror - and better understand the courage of Stalingrad's
defenders. This is the finest history of its type published to date.'

David M. Glantz, from the Foreword

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military; First Edition (19 April 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1844155439
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1844155439
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.5 x 3.1 x 23.9 cm

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- 3,176 in History of Russia

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TD

Good read but could have been so much better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2020

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A good read providing perspectives that I had not encountered before but nothing more than that, certainly not what I have been brought up to believe to be good history. The text could have been greatly improved with detailed references and a full bibliography, the absence of which renders the text virtually useless for further research and leaves the author open to criticism regard the validity of sources quoted - are they real or dreamt up? I don't know without the references and bibliography to track things down. Sadly, from the books that I have seen, this appears to be common feature of Pen and Sword texts.

If I had handed this to my history tutors I would have received a well deserved fail and sadly this is reflected in my star rating.

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Joseph Halliday

Excellent and informative

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 May 2019

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History as it should be written, by the people who were there. The book holds no punches and gives the reader a window into the hell that was Stalingrad. By far the most informative and accurate example of historical literature of this event and time.

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Stafford Steve

Analytical but highly readable account of the Red Army's victory over the Wehrmacht on the Volga. .

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2015

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For those readers, like myself, who enjoyed Beevor's classic work on Stalingrad but felt cheated by his refusal to enter in any debate about our understanding of the battle beyond the occasional put down of other writers who have analysed the battle, this is a delight, for Jones realises that in order to present his own personal take on the battle he needs to take the work of others seriously, even where he disagrees with them. If you believe there is nothing left to be usefully said about Stalingrad please do read on. His analysis of often quite different understandings of what was going on is interesting, intelligent and never nit-picking. His work with veterans and their memories then and now, his analyses of official views of what was going on compared to his more nuanced material, and his willingness to understand why different people wrote often very different accounts is to be commended. This is scholarly but very readable. I couldn't put it down. In a way this told me very little I didn't know (as someone who has read most of what is available about the eastern front available in English), but the new material was used so intelligently to tease out new ways of considering what I thought I already knew that I felt my interest in this campaign restored. My only disappointment in hindsight is that there is nothing of how this siege compares with others during WW2, but this was never his aim, and would perhaps be a very different book.

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Keith F. Massey

Gripping and Highly recommended

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2015

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I have read other books by Mr Jones and this one is as consistently readable as his others.
The book tells of the battle of Stalingrad from the Russian perspective and takes the reader to the personalities involved in this grim struggle, from the private in the rubble to the senior officers in command.
I was particularly impressed by the detailed accounts of the senior commanders on the spot and their relationships with their colleagues and soldiers. They came across as real human beings and not the unfeeling automatons herding their massed troops to certain death as so often characterised in western accounts.
I found the book very easy to read with fascinating insights into the "official accounts" compared to the "actual" events.
Anyone with an interest in the Eastern front and the cataclysmic struggle at Stalingrad cannot fail to be informed and impressed by this book

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Mr. M. Herbert

Breathtaking!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2014

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We all know about Stalingrad - or do we? This book brings it all to life in a moving and exceptionally vivid manner. Once started, the book opens up and runs at the speed of a good fiction novel, except of course, it is very much real. Exceptionally well researched, very accurate (I am a student of Soviet Russia), the book holds no bars when it comes to the brutality of the Soviet system towards its Army. The book is filled with cameos of soldiers accounts and experiences, on both sides. The horrors are not spared. So too, does the book open up a new insight into the German tactics and strategic thinking. It is a very readable, stimulating account, of probably the biggest single battle of WW2, in which around 2million died, simply defending a city the size of Nottingham or Glasgow. Highly recommended.

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Andrew Lale

A truly outstanding book about Stalingrad, and how the Red Army won against mighty odds

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2017

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I've read a lot of history books, but few of them are as well written and researched as this one. Some new information and explication about events which were previously hidden behind the mask of propaganda and myth. Pavlov's House for instance- Pavlov was by no means the key person in the eponymous house. There is so much good about this book, it is hard to explain everything. Just read it!

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mick foster

Mind blowing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2016

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I have read numerous books on the stalingrad battle but none comes up to this one .the sheer ferocity of the fighting the unbelievable heroism of the Russian soldiers will remain with me forever
The brilliant leadership of chuikov and the others so inspirational .as an example of man's courage in adversity it has no equal . A must for anyone interested in the Russian war

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Mr P D

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2018

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A good read on a difficult part of the second world war

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