Deathride
Subtitle: Hitler vs. Stalin--The Eastern Front, 1941-1945
By: John Mosier.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9781416573487; 9781416577027
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, -- 1889-1945 -- Military leadership; Stalin, Joseph, -- 1879-1953 -- Military leadership; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front; World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany; World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
Other titles: Death ride
Description: The true story of the Eastern Front in World War II, emphasizing how close Germany came to winning and the USSR to losing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Pseudo reality and the Soviet Union; title: Understanding the evil empires : two case histories; title: The dictators gamble; title: Into the maelstrom : the first seventeen days; title: Deep battle : from the breakthrough to the fall of Kiev; title: The campaign of compromises : October-December 1941; title: The hollow victories of 1942; title: The planets and paradoxes of 1942-43; title: Summer 1943 : the turning point; title: Deadlock : the great retreat; title: Death of the phoenix : the last 11 months of the war; title: The war of extermination : allies, partisans, criminals; title: Conclusions: False victories, mistaken beliefs; title: Epilogue: The Great Patriotic War and the collapse.