Title: The Russian Way of War: Operational Art, 1904-1940 Author: Richard W. Harrison Genre: Military History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Release Date: 2001 Format: Hardcover Pages: 351 For those interested in the rather dry topic of the evolution of Russian military art prior to World War II, this is an excellent book. This book
Title: The Great Terror: A Reassessment 40th Anniversary Edition Author: Robert Conquest Genre: General History Publisher: Oxford University Press Release Date: 2007 Format: Hardcover Pages: 608 This is the classic account of Stalin's Great Terror, updated based on greater access to Soviet archives after the fall of the Soviet Union. Most of the book actually
Title: Storm of Steel: The Development of Armor Doctrine in Germany and the Soviet Union, 1919–1939 Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Author: Mary R. Habeck Genre: Military History Publisher: Cornell University Press Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 336 This is an incredibly-detailed account of the evolution of pre-war armored doctrine in Germany and
Title: The Soviet High Command: A Military-Political History, 1918-1941 (3rd Edition) Series: Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Institutions Author: John Erickson Genre: Military History Publisher: Frank Cass Release Date: 2001 Format: Paperback Pages: 889 While not exactly a page-turner, this book is an incredibly detailed and well-written history of what it says--the Red Army
Title: High Treason: Essays on the History of the Red Army, 1918-1938 Author: Vitaly Rapoport (Author), Yuri Alexeev (Author), Vladimir G. Treml (Editor) Genre: Military History Publisher: Duke University Press Release Date: 1985 Format: Hardcover Pages: 436 This is a very interesting account of various episodes in pre-WWII Red Army history. Apparently it was written
Title: Operation Barbarossa: The Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation Volume IIIA Series: Operation Barbarossa Author: Nigel Askey Genre: Military History Publisher: lulu.com Release Date: 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 718 This book is very similar to the previous-described Volume IIA, but it covers Soviet weapons and units instead of Volume IIA's German ones.
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: 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: Russia's Dead End: An Insider's Testimony from Gorbachev to Putin Author: Andrei A. Kovalev (Author), Peter Reddaway (Foreword), Steven I. Levine (Translator) Genre: General History Publisher: Potomac Books Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 392 This is an insightful book by a very conscientious, intelligent Russian diplomat that served during and after the fall
Title: Confronting Case Blue: Briansk Front's Attempt To Derail The German Drive To The Caucasus, July 1942 Author: Igor' Sdvizhkov (Author), Stuart Britton (Translator) Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 424 This is an excellent account of a little-covered battle in the summer of 1942, on the periphery
Title: Prelude to Berlin: The Red Army's Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945 Author: Richard W. Harrison Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2016 Format: Hardcover Pages: 636 Overall I would rate this book at three and a half stars; it has some good features but also some pretty significant
Title: The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944: A Critical Historiographical Analysis Author: Leonid D. Grenkevich (Author), David M. Glantz (Editor) Genre: Military History Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 2013 Format: Kindle Pages: 405 This book is more of an academic treatise than a military history--I guess the subtitle "a Critical Historiographical Analysis" should have tipped me off
Title: From Defeat to Victory: The Eastern Front, Summer 1944 Decisive and Indecisive Military Operations, Volume 2 Series: Modern War Studies Author: Charles J. Dick Genre: Military History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 373 As usual, the rating for this book depends on what you're expecting it to be,
Title: T-34: The Red Army's Legendary Medium Tank Author: Anthony Tucker-Jones Genre: Military History Publisher: Pen and Sword Military Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 160 This book is a good, quick read about the T-34--its design, manufacturer, evolution, variants (SUs, etc.) use in combat, etc, with plenty of good pictures. At least for the
Title: The Red Army and the Second World War Series: Armies of the Second World War Author: Alexander Hill Genre: Military History Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 754 This book has been out for a few months now, so I'm surprised that there are no reviews yet...I just finished reading
Title: The Battle for Belorussia: The Red Army's Forgotten Campaign of October 1943 - April 1944 Series: Modern War Studies Author: David M. Glantz (Author), Mary Elizabeth Glantz (Contributor) Genre: Military History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Release Date: 2016 Format: Hardcover Pages: 936 I've just finished this book and wanted to provide a review,
Title: Love and War Book 2: 1944-1945: An American Volunteer in the Soviet Red Army (Love and War An American Volunteer in the Soviet Red Army) Author: M.J. Nicholas (Author), Kathryn A. Wright (Editor) Genre: Military History Publisher: SweetBriar Design Release Date: 2013 Format: Kindle Pages: 437 The second volume of these memoirs is also
Title: Love and War: An American Volunteer in the Soviet Red Army - Book 1: 1941-1943 (Love and War: An American Volunteer in the Soviet Red Army) Author: M J Nicholas (Author), Kathryn A Wright (Editor) Genre: Military History Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Release Date: 2013 Format: Kindle Pages: 300 This is a fascinating
Title: On the Roads of War: A Soviet Cavalryman on the Eastern Front Author: Ivan Yakushin Genre: Military History Publisher: Pen and Sword Military Release Date: 2005 Format: Kindle Pages: 224
Title: Through the Maelstrom: A Red Army Soldier's War on the Eastern Front, 1942-1945 Series: Modern War Studies Author: Boris Gorbachevsky Genre: Military History Publisher: University Press of Kansas Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 476 I'm amazed that this book does not have any reviews; in fact I'm pretty sure that the hardcover version,
