A. Nagorski, "The Battle of Moscow: The Greatest Battle of the 20th Century" Summary and Comments - If you want to know more about the Battle of Germany and the Soviet Union, this is the book for you!
The book introduced here is titled "The Battle of Moscow: The Greatest Battle of the 20th Century," written by Andrew Nagorski and translated by Kyoko Tsumori under the supervision of Shigeru Tsumori.
We will look at the introduction of the book as soon as possible.
It is not the winners and losers who make history, but ...... the fools. The greatest battle of all time that decided the fate of two dictators and defined the 20th century - the full story and human drama is revealed for the first time through recently released documents and testimonies from survivors and others.
Hitler is only 8 kilometers away from the capital, Moscow. Stalin, however, refuses to leave Moscow and continues to fight back.
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A masterpiece praised as "one of the best history books" by the "Washington Post" and "Los Angeles Times"!
The author, Andrew Nagorski, is an American journalist and author who became a reporter for Newsweek magazine in 1973, serving as bureau chief in Moscow, Rome, Bonn, Warsaw, and Berlin.
The translator's commentary at the end of the book describes the book's appeal in an easy-to-understand manner, so I will quote from it.
The author, Andrew Nagorski, is of Polish descent and has served as Newsweek's bureau chief in Moscow, Berlin, and Warsaw. During the first of his two stays in Moscow in the early 1980s, he was deported from the country because his articles fell into disfavor with the Soviet authorities (the second stay was from 1995 to 1996). As described above, the author wrote this book based on his experience in major cities in Central and Eastern Europe, and his descriptions, backed by a sense of realism and extensive knowledge, can be seen throughout the book.
Numerous tributes to the book have been paid to the author for the deep compassion and sympathy he shows for those involved in the fighting in this story. One of the best examples is a review of the book by political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski, former assistant to President Carter for security affairs.
The book focuses on the individuals who were thrown into the fray, showing heartfelt sympathy for the suffering of both victors and vanquished alike, while telling a compelling story about the decisive, yet least known battle of World War II on the European front, the siege of Moscow."
William Taubman, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Khrushchev, praised the book as an "epic battle narrative," and Robert Conquest, author of The Great Purge, described it as "an epic work of unfathomable horror. The Great Purge.
For the Soviet side, World War II, or the Great Patriotic War, ended in glorious victory. However, hidden in the shadows, unlike the heroic battles of Stalingrad and Leningrad, the Battle of Moscow has not been talked about as much as it should. This is because the number of victims who died "in vain" due to the numerous failures of Stalin's leadership was too great.
This book attempts to reconstruct the history of this battle by wading through previously buried secret documents and interviewing numerous surviving witnesses and descendants of those involved, including party and government officials of the time. The theme that runs through this story is "war and people. The author makes an effort to penetrate into the psychology of the war leaders, Stalin and Hitler, and the "role of the individual in history," and describes the extreme conditions and the horrors of war to which the nameless, common people of the city were thrown. In short, the power of this book lies in the fact that the author is not a mere bystander, but rather speaks with "passion" as he throws himself into the midst of the greatest battle in history.
Andrew Nagorski, The Battle of Moscow: The Greatest Battle of the 20th Century, p. 447-449, translated by Kyoko Tsumori under the supervision of Shigeru Tsumori, Opus Publishing Co.
In our last article, we introduced the book by Tsuyoshi Ohki, "German-Soviet War Disasters of the War of ExtinctionThe book "The Battle of Moscow: The Greatest Battle of the 20th Century" was published in 1945. The book "The Battle of Moscow: The Greatest Battle of the 20th Century" is also introduced in the bibliography at the end of the book, and is highly recommended for those who want to know more about the German-Soviet War.
The abundance of photographs and diagrams makes it easy to visualize what it was like in those days.
Above all, it is a very interesting read. The author's narrative is excellent and draws you into the difficult subject of the war. Why was the Battle of Moscow the largest battle in the world? Why did the soldiers have to die in vain? Why were the Germans, who were thought to be invincible, defeated?
What was interesting about this battle was the presence of the Russian Winter General, who had defeated Napoleon in 1812, and who once again turned on the invaders.
Reading this book also makes me think about the defeat of the Japanese army as well as the war between Germany and the Soviet Union. Why did they have to march all the way from Japan, why did they have to endure such miserable conditions, and why did they have to fight to the death?
It is a reminder of the horrors of war. It is the soldiers on the battlefield who carry out the orders that leaders and high-ranking bureaucrats such as Hitler and Stalin give from their desks. This book shows how many soldiers of both armies died because of the orders of commanders who disregarded human life.
The tragic situation not only of the soldiers but also of the non-combatants, the people, is also described.
The book is not just a list of historical events, but the stories of individual people. That is why you can read the book with more emotion.
The book is quite thick but also rich in content. I highly recommend this book.
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