Stalin's General
by Geoffrey Roberts
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The first major biography in a generation of the Soviet general whom many believe "won World War II," for readers of Antony Beevor and Max Hastings. Marshal Georgi Zhukov is one of the legendary names in military history. In World War II, he played a decisive role in the battles (Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk) that eventually brought down the Nazi regime-and he was the first of the Allied generals to enter Berlin. After the war, Zhukov had an equally eventful... more
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The Wall Street Journal | 24 Jun 2012
In "Stalin's General," Geoffrey Roberts joins the fight on Zhukov's behalf, although one feels that the war has already been won.
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Irish Times | 4 Aug 2012
The result is the most comprehensive biography of Zhukov in English, which chronicles not only the marshal’s well-known military feats but also, and very importantly, the military and political intrigues...
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The Washington Post | 23 Jun 2012
...has written in “Stalin’s General” what is likely to stand for some time as the most comprehensive biography of Zhukov.
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Herald Scotland | 17 Aug 2012
Roberts has produced a biography that testifies to a substantial body of work, but the heart and soul of Zhukov remain elusive.
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Open Letters Monthly | 2 Sep 2012
However, it is marred by several errors, not of facts, but of judgment in the selection (or omission) and presentation of facts.
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Kirkus Reviews | 1 May 2012
A welcome new biography of the ruthless Red Army general who defeated the Nazis and then spent decades alternately disgraced and rehabilitated in Soviet Russia.
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Washington Independent Review of Books
This is a fine biography, wrapped well into the broader context of Zhukov’s war and the Soviet system he served so loyally.
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Biographile | 18 Jun 2012
In broad, clear language aimed at history fans of all stripes, he fills pages with detailed information on the military and political aspects of the Red Army...
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The Washington Times | 2 Jul 2012
...very convincingly puts forth Georgy Zhukov, Stalin’s deputy supreme commander, as “the best all-around general of the Second World War.”
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Foreign Affairs
But even more remarkable was Zhukov’s ability to survive in the Soviet system, a tale well told in this compact biography.
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Kunikovs Reviews. | 20 Jun 2012
...for those interested in the Soviet Union, the Eastern Front, Zhukov, and the postwar battle(s) around the history(ies) of the war, this is a highly recommended book.
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Scotsman.com | 25 Aug 2012
This is the first biography to establish beyond doubt what has long been hinted at by historians – that Zhukov was the most successful and influential of the Second World War generals.
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History Today | 15 Oct 2012
Geoffrey Roberts judiciously picks his way through the thicket of controversy, while drawing a distinctive portrait of the successive stages of a glittering career in which his hero preferred the battlefield to the desk...
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The Weekly Standard | 16 Jul 2012
Yet in this meticulously researched new biography, Roberts also points out that Zhukov was “a deeply flawed character of epic achievements . . . neither the unblemished hero of legend nor the unmitigated villain depicted by his detractors.”
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