A penetrating and compassionate book on the most gigantic military
struggle in world history.--The New York Times Book Review
An extraordinary tale... Overy's engrossing book provides extensive
details of teh slaughter, brutality, bitterness and destruction on the
massive front from the White Sea to the flank of Asia.--Chicago
Tribune
The Russian war effort to defeat invading Axis powers, an effort that
assembled the largest military force in recorded history and that cost
the lives of more than 25 million Soviet soldiers and civilians, was the
decisive factor for securing an Allied victory. Now with access to the
wealth of film archives and interview material from Russia used to
produce the ten-hour television documentary Russia's War, Richard
Overy tackles the many persuasive questions surrounding this conflict.
Was Stalin a military genius? Was the defense of Mother Russia a product
of something greater than numbers of tanks and planes--of something deep
within the Russian soul?