Zhukov
Otto Preston Chaney, Malcolm Mackintosh
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, arguably the greatest general in Russian
history, is famous among military historians for his coordinated campaigns
in defense of Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad -- campaigns in which millions
of Soviets lost their lives -- and for leading the Red Army into Berlin
in the spring of 1945. After Stalin's postwar fall from grace, however,
Zhukov was all but forgotten in his own country, even after twice being
officially "rehabilitated." In this richly detailed biography, Chaney analyzes
Zhukov's successes (and occasional failures) as a tactician and fighter
whose contributions to the war undoubtedly hastened the collapse of the
Third Reich. Amazon.com
Hardcover / Published 1996 |
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