Title: Retreat From Moscow: A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942 Author: David Stahel Genre: Military History Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: 2019 Format: Kindle Pages: 562 This is a pretty good new book about the Russian counter-offensive at Moscow in late 1941 and early 1942. The conventional wisdom for this campaign
Title: The 1929 Sino-Soviet War: The War Nobody Knew Series: Modern War Studies Author: Michael Walker Genre: Military History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 421 This is a well-written book on a very little-known war...the author points out that most books on relevant topics barely mention it, and some
Title: Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Volume I Series: Operation Barbarossa Author: Nigel Askey Genre: Military Reference Publisher: Nigel Askey Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 212 This is a very interesting introduction to the author's "Barbarossa" series, in which he seeks to set out comprehensive OOBs for the
Title: Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy Author: Richard Freiherr von Rosen Genre: Military History Publisher: Greenhill Books Release Date: 2018 Format: Kindle Pages: 408 This is an excellent book by a German officer that stayed at the company level of a panzer unit for virtually the
Title: Stumbling Colossus: The Red Army on the Eve of World War Series: Modern War Series Author: David Glantz Genre: Military History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Release Date: 1998 Format: Hardcover Pages: 408 This is a classic of East Front literature, written by Prof Glantz in response to the claims by "Suvorov" about plans
Title: Thunder in the East: The Nazi-Soviet War 1941-1945 (Second Edition) Series: Modern Wars Author: Evan Mawdsley Genre: Military History Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Release Date: 2015 (Second Edition) Format: Kindle Pages: 536 This is a pretty decent one-volume history of the war in Russia, but nothing particularly interesting. At 536 pages, the book just isn't
Title: Enduring the Whirlwind: The German Army and the Russo-German War 1941-1943 Series: Wolverhampton Military Studies Author: Gregory Liedtke Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 248
Title: Panzers on the Vistula Author: Hans Schäufler Genre: Memoir Publisher: Pen and Sword Military Release Date: 2018 Format: Kindle Pages: 160 This is an excellent, short book detailing the experiences of a German soldier in a panzer unit in the Danzig area during the closing months of World War II. The author does an
Title: War on the Eastern Front: The German Soldier in Russia 1941-1945 Author: James Lucas Genre: Military History Publisher: Frontline Books Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 224 This is not a bad book about the experience of German soldiers on the Eastern Front, although it also doesn't add much to the literature. The book
Title: Once I Had a Comrade: Karl Roth and the Combat History of the 36th Panzer Regiment 1939-45 Author: R.W. Byrd Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2006 Format: Kindle Pages: 160 This is an OK little book--only 160 pages--written by an American about the experiences of his German father-in-law (Karl Roth)
Title: White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian Series: Cass Military Studies Author: Jamie Bisher Genre: Military History Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 2006 Format: Kindle Pages: 492 I had pretty low expectations when I started reading this book, as it sounded more like an academic exercise than anything else. It turns out, however, that the
Title: A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944 Author: Willy Peter Reese Genre: Memoir Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: 2005 Format: Hardcover Pages: 208 This is a short book, but nonetheless rather difficult to read. Why? The book is a rather tedious memoir by a young German infantryman in WWII,
Title: The First Day on the Eastern Front: Germany Invades the Soviet Union, June 22, 1941 Author: Craig W.H. Luther Genre: Military History Publisher: Stackpole Books Release Date: 2018 Format: Kindle Pages: 504 This is a very good history of the first day of Barbarossa, with description of the planning, conditions of the armies, and
Title: The Tanks of Operation Barbarossa: Soviet versus German Armour on the Eastern Front Author: Boris Kavalerchik Genre: Military History Publisher: Pen and Sword Military Release Date: 2018 Format: Kindle Pages: 288 This is an excellent book describing the tanks and armored unit organization on both sides during Operation Barbarossa. The author goes into great
Title: Shades of Gray: Memoirs of a Prussian Saint on the Eastern Front Author: Michael S. Eldredge Genre: Memoir Publisher: Mill Creek Press Release Date: 2004 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Not a bad memoir by a young German soldier from Germany's eastern frontier (Tilsit), who happened to be a Mormon. As usual with such memoirs,
Title: Germany and the Second World War: Volume IV: The Attack on the Soviet Union Series: Germany and the Second World War Author: Horst Boog, et al Genre: Military History Publisher: Clarendon Press Release Date: 2015 Format: Paperback Pages: 1456 This volume (actually "Volume IV" consists of two volumes, Volume IV/1 and Volume IV/2) is
Title: The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-1921 Author: Prit Buttar Genre: Military History Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 498 This is an excellent book about the end of World War I on the Eastern front. Not only does the book include detailed accounts of Kerensky's last-gasp offensive, the implosion of
Title: Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Author: Robert K. Massie Genre: General History Publisher: Random House Release Date: 2011 Format: Kindle Pages: 656 This is a very readable book about, well, Catherine the Great. Generally the book reads like a novel, or rather like a soap opera, with all of Catherine's various romances.
Title: Trump/Russia: A Definitive History Author: Seth Hettena Genre: General History Publisher: Melville House Release Date: 2018 Format: Kindle Pages: 288 This is a good summary of the numerous contacts/relationships connecting Trump to Russia, dating all the way back to the 80s. Personally I find it very disturbing, and certainly ground for a thorough investigation.
Title: All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin Genre: General History Publisher: PublicAffairs Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 396 This is excellent account of Russian political dynamics since 2000--readable and absolutely fascinating (for those interested in this kind of stuff). The author gives an excellent account, based on interviews with many
