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Marshal Zhukov
Marshal Zhukov
Author: Albert Axell
  • Public appetite for Zhukov has been whetted by Beevor’s books – he features heavily in both
  • Second World War - huge market for this sector
  • Contains gripping stories of some of the biggest and most dramatic military events of WW2 - Stalingrad, capture of Berlin - Zhukov was the key factor
  • Success of fil...  more »
  • No decent book on Zhukov for some time, therefore huge potential for blockbuster biography
  • Author is enormously qualified to write on the subject
'The best of the best' is how Marshal Georgy Zhukov has been described by his fellow Russian generals. Some experts, East and West, say Georgi K. Zhukov was perhaps the best general on any front in the entire war. Zhukov's leadership on the field is shown in such epic battles as Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kursk and Berlin. Whenever there were problems at the front, Stalin called on Zhukov to put things right. So why did one of the greatest military commanders of the twentieth century end his life in obscurity? This book holds the answers. From August 1942 to the end of the war, Zhukov was Deputy Supreme Commander, that is, Stalin's right-hand man. Nobody was more decorated than Zhukov. Four times he was awarded the gold star hero medal, the highest medal for battlefield valour. Dozens of nations gave him honors, as did presidents and prime ministers of various nations that fought on the Allied side. But, despite all his achievements and decorations, Zhukov suffered at the hand of Stalin's jealousy and upon his return to Russia after the war, was announced as an un-person and sent away on pointless appointments far-away from Moscow. Zhukov's outstanding military record and his relations with Stalin are the core of this fascinating book. Albert Axell has done historical research in China, Japan, Mongolia and Russia and has written several books about these countries, including Russia's Heroes', Stalin's War and Kamikaze. He also observed the Vietnam War as a journalist. During the Cold War years he met John. F.Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Brezhnev and has met thirty of Stalin's surviving generals.
ISBN-13: 9780582772335
ISBN-10: 0582772338
Publication Date: 6/2/2003
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Longman
Book Type: Hardcover
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