Zhukov: The Soviet General
Journal: Policy review
Year: 2012

Zhukov: Soviet General GEOFFREY ROBERTS. Stalin's General: Life of Georgy Zhukov. RANDOM HOUSE. 400 PAGES. $30. SOVIET MARSHALS were known or their fondness for outsize hats and a chest load of decorations, and on this point of military splendor, Marshal Zhukov, the man who had crushed Hitler's panzers and conquered Berlin, in a class all by himself. In his memoir Berlin Command Frank Howley, who later became U.S. commandant of the city, provides a portrait of Zhukov from the Allied victory para