| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-02-01 | | Series: | Modern War Studies | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 414 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 23.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
By the time Pearl Harbor had ripped apart America's peacetime pretensions, the German blitzkrieg had already blasted the Red Army back to the gates of Moscow. Yet, less than four years later, the Soviet hammer and sickle flew above the ruins of Berlin, stark symbol of a miraculous comeback that destroyed the German army and shattered Hitler's imperial designs. Told in swift stirring prose, When Titans Clashed provides the first full account of this epic struggle from the Soviet perspective. David Glantz, one of the world's foremost authorities on the Soviet military, and Jonathan House present a fundamentally new interpretation of what the Russians called the "Great Patriotic War". Based on unprecedented access to formerly classified Soviet sources, they counter the German perspective that has dominated previous accounts and radically revise our understanding of the Soviet experience during World War II.
Industry Reviews
"Exceptionally authoritative and exceptionally readable. The cogent assessments of Red Army commanders are not to be missed."
Russell F. Weigley
"...David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House have probed enough of the once-hidden sources behind it to tell an old story in a new and very different way. Now, Western readers can learn for the first time the full extent of the Soviet achievement and discover for themselves the awesome patriotic resolve that mobilized tens of millions of men and women to defend their homeland....Glantz and House buttress their account with a density of factual detail that can come only from the massive archival research they have so diligently and successfully undertaken....'When Titans Clashed' is essential reading for anyone wanting to know the true story of how the Red Army snatched victory in 1945 from the jaws of defeat in 1941."
Washington Post Book World - W. Bruce Lincoln (03/10/1996)
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