Title: Adventures in my Youth: A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45 Author: Armin Scheiderbauer Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2013 Format: Kindle Pages: 225
Title: American Soldiers in Siberia: The Forgotten War Author: Sylvian Kindall Genre: Military History Publisher: Uncommon Valor Press Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 194 This is a fascinating memoir by one of the American officers serving in the Russian Far East in 19181-1919. His service there seems to have inspired a rather deep hatred--but
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: Konev's Golgotha: Operation Typhoon Strikes the Soviet Western Front, October 1941 Author: Michael Filippenkov Genre: Military History Publisher: Helion and Company Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 171 This is kind of a strange little volume...a very narrowly-focused treatise on a small and not especially significant part of Operation Typhoon, concerning the area around
Title: The Russian Civil War Author: Evan Mawdsley Genre: Military History Publisher: Pegasus Books Release Date: 2015 Format: Kindle Pages: 260 This is a good, but not excellent account of the Russian Civil War. The author does a good job of describing the chaotic campaigns, along with the strengths and weaknesses of the Reds and
Title: Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime Author: Richard Pipes Genre: General History Publisher: Vintage Release Date: 2011 Format: Kindle Pages: 608 This author is an excellent writer that does a very good job of simplifying and explaining the very complex situation/conditions which arose at the Bolsheviks established their regime. I was mainly interested in the
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: Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace Author: Dominic Lieven Genre: Military History Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: 2010 Format: Kindle Pages: 656 This is the best history of Russia's part in the Napoleonic Wars that I've read thus far. Unlike some of the other books on the
Title: WARSAW 2: THE BATTLE FOR PRAGA: July - September 1944 (Operations: East Front 1944) (v. 2) Author: Norbert Bacyk Genre: Military History Publisher: Leandoer and Ekholm Release Date: 2009 Format: Hardcover Pages: 272 This is an interesting book about the battles east of Warsaw from August-October 1944. Although the book is rather short (159
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: Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia Author: Orlando Figes Genre: General History Publisher: Metropolitan Books Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 784 I've been meaning to read this book since it came out a few years ago, but have been too intimidated--reading a book of this size about Russian culture is not for
Title: The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941 Author: Roger Moorhouse Genre: General History Publisher: Basic Books Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 432 This is an excellent,well-written account of the lead up to, consequences of, and life under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The author includes many fascinating details and personal stories that I had
Title: Who Lost Russia? Author: Peter Conradi Genre: General History Publisher: Oneworld Publications Release Date: 2017 Format: Kindle Pages: 400 This is a good summary of the history of US-Russian relations over the last few decades, and a good reminder of how we ended up where we are today--the euphoria and hope of the early
Title: Imperial Sunset: The Fall of Napoleon, 1813-14 Author: R F Delderfield Genre: Military History Publisher: Endeavour Press Release Date: 2014 Format: Kindle Pages: 300 I was looking a good book on the aftermath of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign, and this was one of the few books available. Better yet, the kindle version was only
Title: Hitler’s Heavy Panzers 1943-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Author: Ian Baxter Genre: Military History Publisher: Pen and Sword Military Release Date: 2016 Format: Kindle Pages: 176 Not a bad book if you are looking for a cheap kindle book with lots of photos of panzers, but there is not much meat here...lots of
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: 1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow Author: Adam Zamoyski Genre: Military History Publisher: HarperPress Release Date: 2012 Format: Kindle Pages: 672
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
