The Battle for Kursk, 1943 (eBook, PDF)

The Soviet General Staff Study
Redaktion: Glantz, David M.; Orenstein, Harold S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As a treasure trove of fresh material, this book addresses aspects of the Battle of Kursk that have puzzled commentators since 1943.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135233105
• Artikelnr.: 61386032

Autorenporträt

A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College, Defense Language Institute, Institute for Russian and Eastern European Studies, and US Army War College, before retiring from the U.S. Army in December 1993, Colonel David M. Glantz served for over 30 years in various field artillery, intelligence, teaching, and research assignments in Europe and Vietnam, taught at the United States Military Academy, the Combat Studies Institute, and Army War College, founded and directed the U.S. Army's Foreign (Soviet) Military Studies Office, and established and currently edits The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. A member of the Russian Federation's Academy of Natural Sciences, he has written or co-authored more than 60 books and self-published studies and atlases, as well as hundreds of articles on Soviet military strategy, intelligence, and deception and the history of the Red (Soviet) Army, Soviet (Russian) military history, and World War II. In recognition of his work, he has received numerous awards including the Society of Military History's prestigious Samuel Eliot Morrison Prize for his contributions to the study of military history.

Inhaltsangabe

Stone & Stone: Second World War Book Book Review- " provides a deeply
detailed analysis of the Battle of Kursk...the book is clearly devoted to
investigating a variety of technical topics which would be of most interest
to the generals responsible for planning and fighting similar battles."
The Journal of Military History, Vol 64, No 2, April 2000
"This contemporary wartime Soviet General Staff study supplies a wealth of
detail which gives it immediate, present-day relevance ... In the vast and
varies historiography of the battle of Kursk this Soviet General Staff
survey occupies a unique place, much of its material either surprisingly
fresh or directly pertinent to clarifying aspects and incidents long
obscured."
Choice
"Those interested in a staff appreciation of the Soviet side of the battle
of Kursk will find both strategic and tactical grist here."
ARMOR:
" a reader can profit from examining this study as a good example of a
thorough report and a staff producing optimal work even while operating
under the stress of war".