Stalingrad - by Antony Beevor (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This gripping history is the definitive account of the battle that shifted the tide of World War II, conveying the experience of soldiers on both sides as they fought in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield. of photos. National radio telephone tour.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. From Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of <i>D-Day</i> and <i>The Battle of Arnhem.</i></b> <p/>In August 1942, Hitler's huge Sixth Army reached the city that bore Stalin's name. In the five-month siege that followed, the Russians fought to hold Stalingrad at any cost; then, in an astonishing reversal, encircled and trapped their Nazi enemy. This battle for the ruins of a city cost more than a million lives. Stalingrad conveys the experience of soldiers on both sides, fighting in inhuman conditions, and of civilians trapped on an urban battlefield. Antony Beevor has itnerviewed survivors and discovered completely new material in a wide range of German and Soviet archives, including prisoner interrogations and reports of desertions and executions. As a story of cruelty, courage, and human suffering, <i>Stalingrad</i> is unprecedented and unforgettable. <p/>Historians and reviewers worldwide have hailed Antony Beevor's magisterial<i> Stalingrad</i> as the definitive account of World War II's most harrowing battle.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A fantastic and sobering story...fully and authoritatively told.--<i>The New York Times <p/></i>Stalingrad's heart-piercing tragedy needed a chronicler with acute insight into human nature as well as the forces of history. Antony Beevor is that historian.--The Wall Street Journal <p/>Easily the most complete and objective picture of the battle's scale and ferocity that American readers have ever read.--<i>Dallas Morning News</i> <p/>Magnificent...Certainly the best narrative of the battle yet to appear and...not likely to be surpassed in our time.--John Keegan<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Antony Beevor</b> was educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. A regular officer in the 11th Hussars, he served in Germany and England. He has published several novels, and his works of nonfiction include <i>The Spanish Civil War; Crete: The Battle and the Resistance</i>, which won the 1993 Runciman Award; <i>Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942--1943;</i> and <i>Berlin: The Downfall, 1945</i>. With his wife, Artemis Cooper, he wrote <i>Paris: After the Liberation: 1944--1949</i>. His book <i>Stalingrad</i> was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, the Wolfson History Prize, and the Hawthornden Prize in 1999.
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