A writer at war : Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945 /Antony Beevor

By: Antony BeevorContributor(s): Antony BeevorMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: Raghav Books Private Limited | ;A-184 A, Nand Gram ,Ghaziabad.U.P.Publication details: London : The Harvill Press , 2005Description: xxi, 378 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781845950156Subject(s): HistoryGenre/Form: ;World War (1939-1945)DDC classification: 940.5421 BEE
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: PART ONE -- The Shock of Invasion 1941 -- I Baptism of Fire August 1941 3 -- 2 The Terrible Retreat August to September 1941 18 -- 3 On the Bryansk Front September 1941 27 -- 4 With the 5oth Army September i941 31 -- 5 Back into the Ukraine September 1941 36 -- 6 The German Capture of Orel October 1941 45 -- 7 The Withdrawal before Moscow October 1941 52 -- PART TWO -- The Year of Stalingrad 1942 -- 8 In the South January 1942 67 -- 9 The Air War in the South January 1942 79 -- o1 On the Donets with the Black Division 85 -- January and February 1942 -- II With the Khasin Tank Brigade February 1942 95 -- 12 'The Ruthless Truth of War' March to July 1942 1no -- 13 The Road to Stalingrad August 1942 116 -- 14 The September Battles 132 -- 15 The Stalingrad Academy Autumn 1942 154 -- 16 The October Battles 170 -- 17 The Tide Turned November 1942 190 -- PART THREE -- Recovering the -- Occupied Territories 1943 -- 18 After the Battle January 1943 203 -- 19 Winning Back the Motherland 213 -- The Early Spring of 943 -- 20 The Battle of Kursk July 1943 225 -- PART FOUR -- From the Dnepr to the Vistula 1944 -- 21 The Killing Ground of Berdichev January 1944 247 -- 22 Across the Ukraine to Odessa March &April 1944 262 -- 23 Operation Bagration June &July 1944 270 -- 24 Treblinka July 1944 280 -- PART FIVE -- Amid the Ruins -- of the Nazi World 1945 -- 25 Warsaw and ULdi January 1945 309 -- 26 Into the Lair of the Fascist Beast January 1945 322 -- Poznarl and Schwerin -- 27 The Battle for Berlin April and May 1945 331.
Summary: Vasily Grossman's masterpiece Life and Fate is rated by many as the greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century. Among its admirers is Antony Beevor, the bestselling author of Stalingrad and Berlin. A Writer at War is based on the notebooks in which Grossman gathered his raw material. It depicts as never before the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front and the lives and deaths of infantrymen, tank drivers, pilots, snipers and civilians alike." "Deemed unfit for service when the Germans invaded in 1941, Grossman became a special correspondent for Red Star, the Red Army newspaper. Remarkably, he spent three of the following four years at the front observing with a writer's eye the most pitiless fighting ever known. Grossman witnessed the appalling defeats and desperate retreats of 1941, the defence of Moscow and fighting in the Ukraine. In August 1942 he was posted to Stalingrad where he remained during four months of brutal street-fighting. He was present at the battle of Kursk, the largest tank engagement in history, and, as the Red Army advanced, he reached Berdichev where his worst fears for his mother and other relations were confirmed. A Jew himself, he undertook the faithful recording of Holocaust atrocities as their extent dawned. His supremely powerful report 'The Hell of Treblinka' was used in evidence at the Nuremberg tribunal." "A Writer at War offers the one outstanding eye-witness account of the war on the Eastern Front and perhaps the best descriptions ever of what Grossman called 'the ruthless truth of war
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Machine derived contents note: PART ONE --
The Shock of Invasion 1941 --
I Baptism of Fire August 1941 3 --
2 The Terrible Retreat August to September 1941 18 --
3 On the Bryansk Front September 1941 27 --
4 With the 5oth Army September i941 31 --
5 Back into the Ukraine September 1941 36 --
6 The German Capture of Orel October 1941 45 --
7 The Withdrawal before Moscow October 1941 52 --
PART TWO --
The Year of Stalingrad 1942 --
8 In the South January 1942 67 --
9 The Air War in the South January 1942 79 --
o1 On the Donets with the Black Division 85 --
January and February 1942 --
II With the Khasin Tank Brigade February 1942 95 --
12 'The Ruthless Truth of War' March to July 1942 1no --
13 The Road to Stalingrad August 1942 116 --
14 The September Battles 132 --
15 The Stalingrad Academy Autumn 1942 154 --
16 The October Battles 170 --
17 The Tide Turned November 1942 190 --
PART THREE --
Recovering the --
Occupied Territories 1943 --
18 After the Battle January 1943 203 --
19 Winning Back the Motherland 213 --
The Early Spring of 943 --
20 The Battle of Kursk July 1943 225 --
PART FOUR --
From the Dnepr to the Vistula 1944 --
21 The Killing Ground of Berdichev January 1944 247 --
22 Across the Ukraine to Odessa March &April 1944 262 --
23 Operation Bagration June &July 1944 270 --
24 Treblinka July 1944 280 --
PART FIVE --
Amid the Ruins --
of the Nazi World 1945 --
25 Warsaw and ULdi January 1945 309 --
26 Into the Lair of the Fascist Beast January 1945 322 --
Poznarl and Schwerin --
27 The Battle for Berlin April and May 1945 331.

Vasily Grossman's masterpiece Life and Fate is rated by many as the greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century. Among its admirers is Antony Beevor, the bestselling author of Stalingrad and Berlin. A Writer at War is based on the notebooks in which Grossman gathered his raw material. It depicts as never before the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front and the lives and deaths of infantrymen, tank drivers, pilots, snipers and civilians alike." "Deemed unfit for service when the Germans invaded in 1941, Grossman became a special correspondent for Red Star, the Red Army newspaper. Remarkably, he spent three of the following four years at the front observing with a writer's eye the most pitiless fighting ever known. Grossman witnessed the appalling defeats and desperate retreats of 1941, the defence of Moscow and fighting in the Ukraine. In August 1942 he was posted to Stalingrad where he remained during four months of brutal street-fighting. He was present at the battle of Kursk, the largest tank engagement in history, and, as the Red Army advanced, he reached Berdichev where his worst fears for his mother and other relations were confirmed. A Jew himself, he undertook the faithful recording of Holocaust atrocities as their extent dawned. His supremely powerful report 'The Hell of Treblinka' was used in evidence at the Nuremberg tribunal." "A Writer at War offers the one outstanding eye-witness account of the war on the Eastern Front and perhaps the best descriptions ever of what Grossman called 'the ruthless truth of war

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