Stalingrad

The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943

De: Antony Beevor

Narrado por: George Guidall

In August 1942, an overconfident Adolf Hitler would attempt to invade Stalin's namesake city on the Volga. The battle of Stalingrad is extraordinary in every way: the triumphant invader fought to a standstill; then the Soviet trap sprung, surrounding their attackers; and the terrible siege, with Germans starving and freezing, forced to fight on by a disbelieving Hitler. Now Antony Beevor tells the story as it has never been told before, recounting the strategic brilliance and fatal flaws of the notorious generals, while telling the incredible tale from a soldier's-eye view. The author incorporates Russian reports on desertions and executions that have never been seen by Western scholars, German transcripts of prisoner interrogations, and private letters and diaries to re-create the human drama of the most terrible battle in modern warfare.

&169; Antony Beevor; (P) and ©1998 Penguin AudioBooks

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A fantastic and sobering story...fully and authoritatively told." (The New York Times)

"Stalingrad's heart-piercing tragedy needed a chronicler with acute insight into human nature as well as the forces of history. Antony Beevor is that historian." (The Wall Street Journal)

"Easily the most complete and objective picture of the battle's scale and ferocity that American readers have ever read." (Dallas Morning News)