The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II
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Based on previously secret documents and eyewitness testimony, this is the shocking account of the most massive and deadliest battle of World War II, which ended in Hitler's defeat and changed the course of the war. The Washington Post - Constantine Pleshakov Maybe a place this layered in history and secrecy cannot be revealed by a single writer and, instead, asks for the efforts of several devotees. Andrew Nagorski is definitely a devotee, and his new book is a landmark in studies of Russia precisely because it skillfully unwraps myths, martyrs and demons. Moscow's urban legends are not about gators in the sewage. They're about October 1941…The book is a fine diplomatic and military history, but its real triumph is in the voices Nagorski collected in numerous interviews with survivors.
ContentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction-1-"Hitler will not attack us in 1941"-2-"Look how smart we are now"-3-The Price of Terror-4-Hitler and His Generals-5-"Moscow is in danger"-6-"The brotherhood of man"-7-Panic in Moscow-8-Saboteurs, Jugglers, and Spies-9-"O Mein Gott! O Mein Gott!"-10-"Don't be sentimental"-11-"The worst of all worlds"-12-The Deadliest VictoryNotesSourcesAcknowledgmentsIndex
