10-11-2008, 10:27 PM
subtitled: 'State Of Siege'
I just finished this book and I quite like it. It's all about the siege of Leningrad during the GPW and it focuses upon the civilian population during 1941 and 1942. Quite astonishing the stories of starvation and death, and the strength of human willpower.
I quite liked the author's style of writing, and I finished this in 3 days so by my standards it was pretty good at least.
Here's a link to it at Amazon: Amazon.com: Leningrad: State of Siege: Michael Jones: Books
I'd recommend reading the first three reviews of it at the bottom as all three have valid points (although one review thought the author's syle was "shrill" and I disagree with that assessment).
I got this book from the local library and I would recommend reviewing the author's "notes" section beginning on page 297 before reading the text because I was initially put off by the lack of footnotes in the text; I wasn't at all sure of how the author came by all of his quotes and recollections.
This is mostly a human interst story as opposed to a military one but the author does laud General Govorov and roughly dismisses General Zhukov while absolutley condemming Voroshilov (and the city's Party leaders).
Some might find this interesting. The bibliography has a few items I will be searching for shortly.
I just finished this book and I quite like it. It's all about the siege of Leningrad during the GPW and it focuses upon the civilian population during 1941 and 1942. Quite astonishing the stories of starvation and death, and the strength of human willpower.
I quite liked the author's style of writing, and I finished this in 3 days so by my standards it was pretty good at least.
Here's a link to it at Amazon: Amazon.com: Leningrad: State of Siege: Michael Jones: Books
I'd recommend reading the first three reviews of it at the bottom as all three have valid points (although one review thought the author's syle was "shrill" and I disagree with that assessment).
I got this book from the local library and I would recommend reviewing the author's "notes" section beginning on page 297 before reading the text because I was initially put off by the lack of footnotes in the text; I wasn't at all sure of how the author came by all of his quotes and recollections.
This is mostly a human interst story as opposed to a military one but the author does laud General Govorov and roughly dismisses General Zhukov while absolutley condemming Voroshilov (and the city's Party leaders).
Some might find this interesting. The bibliography has a few items I will be searching for shortly.
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A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
