Marshal of Victory
The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov
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Publisher Description
The complete and unredacted autobiography by Stalin’s star general, chronicling his many campaigns throughout WWII.
At Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kursk and Berlin—as well as virtually all the principal battles on the Eastern Front during the Second World War—Georgy Zhukov played a major role. He was Stalin’s pre-eminent general throughout the conflict, and he chronicled his brilliant career as he saw it in this essential text.
Here, Zhukov reveals intriguing insights into who he was, both as a man and as a commander. He also delves into the military thinking and decision-making at the highest level of the Soviet command—making this volume essential reading for anyone studying the conflict in the east.
This edition of the memoirs, which were first published in heavily censored form, features an introduction by Professor Geoffrey Roberts in which he summarizes the additional material omitted from previous editions. He also provides, in an appendix, a translation of Zhukov’s account of the 1953-7 period as well as an interview with Zhukov that has previously not been available in English.
Customer Reviews
Too political
Zhukov was arguably one of the greatest military leaders of all time, but you wouldn’t know if from this autobiography. It starts out great, as he describes his childhood. Then things start to fall apart as he seems to be more focused on making the party look good than in telling his story. Granted, he was in a very difficult political situation, but that means that you should give this book a pass. He rarely provides meaningful or useful personal insight into his many exeperiences of being being a “Marshal of Victory."